Probability in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: An Analysis of Puritan Casuistry
分析了1575-1640年间英国清教徒决疑法中关于偶然事件性质的论述，发现基本随机工具和赌博游戏影响了他们对偶然事件的理解，表明1654年前的概率计算是更广泛偶然性研究的一部分。
Summary English Puritan casuistry is examined over the time period 1575-1640 for arguments concerning the nature of a chance event. The examination reveals that elementary randomizers and games of chance influenced the Puritans' conception of a chance event. It may be concluded from this analysis that the elementary probability calculations which appeared prior to 1654, also inspired by games of chance, were part of a more general examination of chance and chance events during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.