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The most incisive formulation of the law of causality
Laplace's demand for a world-formula
pp. 43-63
Résumé
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.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
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
Citation complète:
Frank Philipp, Cohen Robert S, 1998, The most incisive formulation of the law of causality: Laplace's demand for a world-formula. In Frank & R.S. Cohen The law of causality and its limits (43-63). Dordrecht, Springer.