>[!citation] >Earman, J. (1986). *A primer on determinism*. D. Reidel Publishing Company. https://sites.pitt.edu/~jearman/Earman_1986PrimerOnDeterminism.pdf >[!note] Reading notes >## Chapter 1 — Introduction >- 1 Determinism is an inherently philosophical topic >- 1 But understanding of the actual physics is needed >- 1 Classical/Newtonian physics supposed to be deterministic >- 1 Relativity supposed to merely update classical physics >- 1 Quantum supposed to be first serious challenge to determinism >- 2 But that's untrue — Newtonian mechanics are actually hostile to determinism >## Chapter 2 — Defining determinism >-