The continental controversy over Arbuthnot's argument for divine providence (Q1095878)
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The continental controversy over Arbuthnot's argument for divine providence (English)
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1987
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The author points out that what was novel in John Arbuthnot's paper in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of 1710 was his attempt to provide a statistical proof of his assertions based on a quantitative concept of chance, with the argument expressed in numerical terms. The effects of Arbuthnot's arguments on 'sGravesande and Niklaus [Nicholas] Bernoulli is described. [An additional relevant reference to the present study would have been: \textit{A. P. Yushkevich}, Nicholas Bernoulli and the publication of Ars Conjectandi by Jacob Bernoulli, Theory Probab. Appl. 31, 286-303 (1987; Zbl 0616.01008), translation from Teor. Veroyatn. Primen. 31, No.2, 333-352 (1986; Zbl 0599.01007).]
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statistical logic
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statistical model
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chance
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binomial model
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Niklaus Bernoulli
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'sGravesande
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