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contingence
noun as in contingency
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If we reflect on these considerations, the problem of determinism and of contingence will appear to us in a new light.
Here, therefore, are several different senses of the word contingence.
The one is an eternal and necessary truth, subject to no contingence, no possibility of the opposite.
Contingence not even applies to essence, let alone super-essence, vi.
Of Modality: Possibility—impossibility, existence—non-existence, necessity—contingence.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to contingence, such as: accident, emergency, eventuality, likelihood, possibility, and predicament.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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