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Work #1447 · Mid

Exposition du système du monde

Pierre-Simon Laplace
1796 (revised through 1824) · French
Popular astronomy / cosmology · Newtonian celestial mechanics / French Enlightenment science

Laplace's 1796 popular cosmology — nebular hypothesis

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Attribute Exposition du système du monde (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Bi-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Passive
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Exposition du système du monde

1796.

Space

Exposition du système du monde

French-Enlightenment celestial-mechanical context.

Matter

Exposition du système du monde

Popular cosmology.

Observer

Exposition du système du monde

Mid Laplace.

Energy

Exposition du système du monde

Cosmogonic-popularising energies.

Information

Exposition du système du monde

Popular cosmological exposition.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Exposition du système du monde

Exposition du système du monde popularised nebular cosmogony.