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- How many observations make up a ``large number'' ? Is there
an invariable necessity for a large number of observations ? Consider
- blunt trauma to the head
- dropping an atomic bomb
- Can ``a wide variety of circumstances'' be logically
articulated without recourse to metaphysical or theoretical speculation ?
The variations in circumstances that are significant are distinguished
from those that are superfluous by appealing to our theoretical
knowledge of the situation and of the kinds of mechanisms
operative.
David T J Liley
Thu Mar 19 10:16:41 EST 1998