Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fortuitously; by possibility; as may happen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
contingent manner; withoutforesight
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Examples
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¨PEZ: It contingently arranges parts which are well-matched to perform a function in such an improbable manner that defies random chance.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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I claim computers can contingently arrange parts which are well-matched … that defies random chance.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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I claim computers can contingently arrange parts which are well-matched ¦ that defies random chance.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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The proponent of NT would analyze (1) as saying that a and m (taken either as material individuals or sense images of such) are contingently associated as members of a set, 'P'.
An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008
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The proponent of NT would analyze (1) as saying that a and m (taken either as material individuals or sense images of such) are contingently associated as members of a set, 'P'.
An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008
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(2-NT) Socrates contingently associates Plato with a set of other individuals called 'wise'.
An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008
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(It would seem odd to me to say that RT is only contingently true.)
An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008
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There can be evil mavericks as well as good mavericks, although since being a maverick is more of temperamental tic than a conscious plan of action, most good mavericks are only coincidentally or contingently good.
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PEZ: It contingently arranges parts which are well-matched to perform a function in such an improbable manner that defies random chance.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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The Nominalist Thesis (NT): For any predication, Px, 'P' means only that x is a member of a set of contingently associated individuals (or sense images of individuals) with nothing intrinsically in common.
An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008
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