The Dilemma of this.
Though not atheism, the experiments of John Needham were cited extensively as evidence for this theory in The System of Nature by Baron d'Holbach. William James coined the idea of a "soft" version of this view in his book The Dilemma of this. One thought experiment that relies on this theory involves an entity that knows the momentum and position of every particle, though the (*) Heisenberg uncertainty principle refutes that possibility in favor of a fundamental probability. Exemplified by Laplace's Demon, the "hard" form of this view holds that free will is false, while compatabilism attempts to reconcile free will with this view. For 10 points, identify this philosophical position which holds that future events are entirely dependent on prior events.
Though not atheism, the experiments of John Needham were cited extensively as evidence for this theory in The System of Nature by Baron d'Holbach.
determinism