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5 - Probability Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2022

Jason Rosenhouse
Jason Rosenhouse
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James Madison University, Virginia
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Many arguments in the corpus of mathematical anti-evolutionism are drawn from probability theory. We describe the basic mathematical ideas underlying probability, as well as the closely related branch of mathematics known as combinatorics. We then discuss and refute the major probabilistic arguments made by anti-evolutionists.

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Probabilitydistributionprobability spacepopulation geneticsHardy-Weinberg lawcombinatoricscomplex specified informationWilliam DembskiMichael Behe
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The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism , pp. 110 - 162
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Probability Theory
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.006
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  • Probability Theory
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.006
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  • Probability Theory
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.006
Available formats
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