determinism Archive

  • Laplace’s Demon

    Laplace’s Demon

    Posted on August 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Laplace strongly believed in causal determinism, which is expressed in the following quotation from the introduction to the Essai: “ We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know...

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  • Determinism

    Determinism

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Determinism necessarily entails that humanity or individual humans may not change the course of the future and its events (a position known as fatalism); however, some determinists believe that the level to which human beings have influence over their future is itself merely dependent on...

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