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The most incisive formulation of the law of causality

Laplace's demand for a world-formula

Philipp FrankRobert S Cohen

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.