Laplace's demon

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:category philosophy of mind
philosophy of physics
thought experiment
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:A_Philosophical_Essay_on_Probabilities
gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkbp:describes determinism
causal determinism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Laplace's demon
gptkbp:implies future is predictable
past is reconstructible
gptkbp:influenced philosophy of science
debates on free will
determinism vs indeterminism debate
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Heisenberg_uncertainty_principle
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:proposedBy an intellect that knows all forces and positions of all items in the universe
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5