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The probability of an event is the limit of its relative frequency in the long run. This was the concept or interpretation developed and advocated in Reichenbach’s The Theory of Probability. It cannot be true.
The author wishes to thank Professors R. Giere (Indiana University), H. E. Kyburg Jr. (University of Rochester), and T. Seidenfeld (University of Pittsburg) for their help, and the Canada Council for supporting this research through grant S74-0590.
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Van Fraassen, B.C. (1979). Relative Frequencies. In: Salmon, W.C. (eds) Hans Reichenbach: Logical Empiricist. Synthese Library, vol 132. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9404-1_3
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