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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._____________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 | |
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Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Contingency | Cresswell | |
Genz, Hennig | Contingency | Genz | |
Kripke, Saul A. | Contingency | Kripke | |
Leibniz, G.W. | Contingency | Leibniz | |
Lewis, David K. | Contingency | Lewis | |
Luhmann, Niklas | Contingency | Luhmann | |
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