arable cases to establish a rule.  As far as the logical
structure goes, however, this quantitative confirmation only
amounts to &quot;gilding the lily&quot;.  Perfectly valid rules can be
guessed on the first try, abstracted from a single experience
or adopted vicariously with no personal experience.  Numerical
factors only modify the degree of confidence and the strength
of habit that govern the application of previously learned rules.

Figure 2 gives a graphical illustration of Aristotle's
example of &qu