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The lower Order of Probation was doubtless what Bacon intended by "inductio illa quae procedit per enumerationem simplicer." Anyway, usage sanctions that understanding of the phrase. Descriptively, it is inaccurate. There need be no enumeration and often is none; as it is not the point. Consider this example: "In all experience there is no instance of a miraculous event. Therefore the rational presumption is that there is none

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