| 单词 | future contingent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuture contingent d. (Philosophy) future contingent: a proposition which is neither true nor false, because it is about the future; sometimes, the future event itself, that may or may not occur. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition conditional judgement or proposition1532 connex1628 hypothetical1654 hypothesis1656 future contingent1659 hypothetic1698 conditional1828 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical conditional1532 connexive1587 hypothetical1588 connex1589 connexed1628 substitutive1656 future contingent1659 hypothetica1680 theoretic1789 conjunctivea1856 counterfactual1946 contrafactual1950 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 132 The eyes of humane providence cannot see beyond its Horizon; it cannot ascertain future Contingents. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. x There seems to me to be a great analogy between the prescience of future contingents, and the memory of past contingents. 1885 J. Veitch Institutes of Logic §463 This happens especially in future contingents. 1957 A. N. Prior Time & Modality 120 We assign to future contingents a third truth-value. 1969 N. Rescher Many-valued Logic ii. 148 The so-called future-contingent propositions..involve the outcome of free human choices. < as lemmas |
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