HSP 135-01
Albion College
Fall 02025
Discussion questions for TLC,
Ch. 9-10
DLs:
Whoever can handle the dice
1. Venn discusses much about the association of causation with
probability. What level (if any) of probability implies causation?
2. Venn discusses accident insurance premiums in relation to
alcohol consumption. Do you think it is right for insurance
companies to have varied rates based on past actions? Are
insurance companies taking a risky gamble by doing this?
3. Venn discusses how people should react Formal Logic and instead
apply yourself to the study of objective existences. Do you agree
or disagree with this claim?
4. Are all scientific generalizations trustworthy?
5. Do you think �probability is the very guide of life�? (209)
6. Why do you think Venn argues that we are ignorant because we
appeal to the theory of Probability?