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 Contingency - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments
 
Contingency, philosophy: Contingency is not synonymous with randomness, but expresses that an existing fact could have been different. Its counterpart is necessity. See also coincidence, necessity, necessity de re.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
 
Author Item    More concepts for author
Cresswell, Maxwell J. Contingency   Cresswell, Maxwell J.
Genz, Hennig Contingency   Genz, Hennig
Kripke, Saul A. Contingency   Kripke, Saul A.
Leibniz, G.W. Contingency   Leibniz, G.W.
Lewis, David K. Contingency   Lewis, David K.
Luhmann, Niklas Contingency   Luhmann, Niklas

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