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The concept of contingency/chance occurs in various contexts and meanings in the natural sciences. In the simplest case, contingency denotes an event, a process or a property, the finality of which exists without an immediately discernible or determinable cause. Although we inaccurately assert that some…
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Russell, Robert John,
Mörth, Ingo,
Schütt, Hans-Peter and
Herms, Eilert,
“Contingency/Chance”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_12154>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013