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Despite the familiar questions, there are few topics more baffling than that of accounting for probability. A fundamental question is whether we talk about probability because it is an objective con- stituent of the world or only because we are ignorant of what is go- ing to happen. In other words, is the future intrinsically uncertain, or is uncertainty merely the product of our human limitations?

Russell and the early W. believed that everyday language obscures its underlying logical structure. "The King of France is bald" is a proposition whose logical structure is not immediately apparent on the surface. Language is a covering, like clothing to the body. A baggy jumper may disguise the shape inside. W. II did not take this view: he believed that language is in perfect working order— it hides nothing.