Pierre-Simon Laplace Quote

Chance has not reality in itself; it is only a term fit to designate our ignorance concerning the manner in which the different parts of a phenomenon are arranged among themselves and in relation to the rest of Nature.


In: K.M. Baker, Condorcet: From Natural Philosophy to Social Mathematics - Chapter 3 (p. 168)


Chance has not reality in itself; it is only a term fit to designate our ignorance concerning the manner in which the different parts of a phenomenon ...

Chance has not reality in itself; it is only a term fit to designate our ignorance concerning the manner in which the different parts of a phenomenon ...

Chance has not reality in itself; it is only a term fit to designate our ignorance concerning the manner in which the different parts of a phenomenon ...

Chance has not reality in itself; it is only a term fit to designate our ignorance concerning the manner in which the different parts of a phenomenon ...