George Boole
George Boole
George Boolewas an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thoughtwhich contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic is credited with laying the foundations for the information age. Boole maintained that:...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth2 November 1815
CountryIreland
George Boole quotes about
expression language reason
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.
acceptance thinking expectations
It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an event may happen or fail. With the degree of information we possess concerning the circumstances of an event, the reason we have to think that it will occur, or, to use a single term, our expectation of it will vary. Probability is the expectation founded upon partial knowledge.
probability-theory perfect expectations
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.