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Philosophy and Modern Science

Nature volume 136, page 106 (1935)Cite this article

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I AM sorry if my psychological knowledge fails to reach the standard required by Dr. Dawes Hicks1. My book2 has, as a matter of fact, been the subject of favourable notice in three psychological journals, though I cannot claim the universal agreement that would apparently be necessary to make it convincing to Dr. Dingle. I have done my best to explain what I mean by the terms used.

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  1. NATURE, 135, 1035, June 22, 1935.

  2. ” Scientific Inference”, 1931.

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    HAROLD JEFFREYS

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