2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/138841Laplace's views on randomness and determinism. The paper was written for "Cahiers rationalistes" and addresses a rather wide audience. It contains large quotations of Laplace, most of them coming from his introduction to the book "Analytical theory of probabilities".Le contenu de l'article est paru, sous une forme un peu différente, en 1984, dans la revue "l'Ecole et la nation"History and Overview01A50text