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distinctly state that I there restrict myself
to the logic of the verification of theories,
and that there is another great branch of
logic there untouched which considers the
processes of thought by which scientific
conceptions are evolved. What I there
called the process of Verification is precisely
Induction; and I there went so far as to say
on pp. 157 and 158, that “the conclusion of
inductive reasoning only consists in the
approximate evaluation of a ratio.” This was
going too far, and shows that at that time
I did not see that the Pooh-pooh argument,
although it is the lowest form of induction and has
little legitimate force, is nevertheless so far from