The notion of randomness from Aristotle to Poincaré
Mathématiques informatique et sciences humaines, Tome 114 (1991), pp. 41-55.

Aristote et même des philosophes et scientifiques plus anciens ont essayé de définir le concept de hasard. L'auteur décrit, depuis Aristote jusqu'à Poincaré, diverses tentatives de formalisation du hasard dans le domaine des mathématiques. Il insiste sur les interprétations du hasard qui ont été proposées dans les sciences de la nature et en philosophie, puis sur les relations entre le hasard et la nécessité.

Aristotle and even earlier scientist and philosophers attempted to define, or at least to through light upon randomness. The author sketches the attempts to direct concept of randomness into the realm of mathematical science from Aristotle up to Poincaré. He dwells on the various interpretations of randomness that were pronounced in natural science and philosophy, and on the interrelation between necessity and randomness.

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