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1. Mechanistic Determinism

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   A pivotal figure in the formalization of MD was Pierre-Simon Laplace, whose thought experiment, often referred to as Laplace's Demon, articulated the logical extension of this premise. Laplace suggested that an intellect vast enough to know the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe at a given instant could predict all future events with perfect accuracy Laplace, 1814.
   However, the ontological framework for MD was subtly pre-empted by the princip…