Laplace's demon

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A notable published articulation of causal determinism on a scientific basis by Laplace: According to determinism, if someone (the demon) knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe, their past and future values for any given time are entailed; they can be calculated from the laws of classical mechanics.1

See also


  1. Laplace, P. S. (1902). A philosophical essay on probabilities. New York : J. Wiley ; London : Chapman & Hall. Link