The most incisive formulation of the law of causality
Laplace's demand for a world-formula
pp. 43-63
Abstract
To his detailed presentation of the probability calculus, Laplace wrote an introduction which is an elaboration of a course of lectures that he had given in 1795 when, together with Lagrange, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the École normale by the national convention.
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Frank Philipp, Cohen Robert S (1998) The law of causality and its limits. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 43-63
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5516-8_2
Full citation:
Frank Philipp, Cohen Robert S (1998) The most incisive formulation of the law of causality: Laplace's demand for a world-formula, In: The law of causality and its limits, Dordrecht, Springer, 43–63.