Essai philosophique sur les probabilités¶
Laplace, P. -. (1814). Essai philosophique sur les probabilités.
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- Determinism
- Pierre-Simon Laplace gave the canonical statement in 1814: an intelligence that knew all the forces and the position of every particle would see "nothing uncertain, and the future, just like the past, would be present before its eyes" (Laplace, 1814).
This sourceEnglish translation: A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities (F. W. Truscott & F. L. Emory, Trans.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1902. Canonical statement of Laplacian determinism via the demon thought-experiment: an intelligence knowing all forces and positions would see past and future as a single present; the quoted phrasing ("nothing would be uncertain and the future, like the past, would be present before its eyes") is verified against the text (077, 081).
- Pierre-Simon Laplace gave the canonical statement in 1814: an intelligence that knew all the forces and the position of every particle would see "nothing uncertain, and the future, just like the past, would be present before its eyes" (Laplace, 1814).
- Stochasticity vs. Determinism
- Stochastic systems exhibit state-indeterminacy (initial conditions → probability distribution over futures) and violate retrodiction (the present state is compatible with multiple pasts)—a structural opposition Laplace (1814) framed in his famous demon argument for complete state-specification.
This sourceEnglish translation: A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities (F. W. Truscott & F. L. Emory, Trans.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1902. Canonical statement of Laplacian determinism via the demon thought-experiment: an intelligence knowing all forces and positions would see past and future as a single present.
- Stochastic systems exhibit state-indeterminacy (initial conditions → probability distribution over futures) and violate retrodiction (the present state is compatible with multiple pasts)—a structural opposition Laplace (1814) framed in his famous demon argument for complete state-specification.
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