Since its inception in 1940, the Journal of the History of Ideas (JHI) has served as a medium for the publication of research in intellectual history that is of common interest to scholars and ...

Praxis the robot and Alan the “human man” look at the history of mathematical probability. They meet Galileo, whose work with dice brings him under the suspicion of some rather violent inquisitors.

THERE has been no doubt as to the author or authors of the “Treatise on Probability,” published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, since 1844. In that year ...

In 1699 John Craig published an underappreciated book on the probability of historical events. A new interpretation of Craig's work is offered, and it is argued that his formula for the probability of ...