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discontinuity in 302–3;
interpretations of 210–11, 231,
236; measurement and precision
in 210–16, 218, 219&n, 221&nt,
225, 226, 233–4, 237, 241n, 297–9,
301&n–2n, 304&n, 309–11, 467n,
468–9, 474–5; the older 211–12,
216–17; orthodox 210–11, 212–15,
225, 229, 230, 297&n–300,
301n–2n, 303; prediction in 213,
214, 225, 226&n, 228&n, 229,
232, 233, 234, 237, 238n, 239–41,
242, 298–9, 301n–2n, 469, 471,
483–4; and probability 209–10,
211n, 223, 229&n, 230–1, 246–7,
302–4; subjective versus
objective 215, 216, 220, 229–30,
483; testability of 211, 226, 228,
see also Heisenberg’s formula’
Imaginary experiments; Path;
Probability statements; statistical
scatter relations; Wave packet
Quasi-induction see Inductive
direction
Randomness or objective disorder
152n, 154n, 155n, 162, 163, 174n,
175, 178, 185–6, 189, 199n,
206–8, 296, appendix vi,
369t–73, 405, see also Relative
frequency, axiom of randomness;
Sample; Selections, insensitivity
to; Sequences, random
Range, logical section 37, 108t&nt,
109, 204, section 72, 206–8, 403
Rational belief see Belief
Rational reconstruction 8–9
Rationalism, Rational philosophy,
Rational attitude, classical xxiii,
51, see also Criticism; Discussion
subject index 509
Rationalism, Rational philosophy,
Rational attitude xviii, xx, xxi, xxiii
Rationalization 37
Realism 241n, 460
Reduction, of dimension see
Dimension
Reduction to observations 95, 444,
445, 446n–7n, 461&n–2, see also
Constitute
Reference class, Reference
sequence or collective 143t–6,
154t, 160t–2, 176, 177, 180n,
202–4&n, 207–8, 231–2, 255, 257,
see also Randomness;
Sequences, random
Refutability see Disproof;
Falsifiability
Refutation see Disproof;
Falsification
Regularity 88, 123, 147, 162, 179–80,
188, 189, 199&n, 200&n, 201,
202, 250, 251, 369–70, 459, see
also Effect, repeatable;
Fluctuations; lawlike behaviour;
Observability; Statistical stability;
Uniformity of nature
Relative frequency 133–4n, 137n,
144, 296, 372–3; axioms of
Mises’ 134, section 50, 139–41t,
175, 180; consistency of 180n,
371–3; convergence or limit
axiom 140–1t, 142, 155, 157,
173–5, 187, 188n; criticism of
141–2, section 58, 160–2, 180n;
of finite classes (F’) 143–5, 164,
174, appendix ii, 286–9; of finite
sequences 146–52, 164, 175;
independence of 173, 296;
modification of (into the
requirement of uniqueness) 139,