...at this moment, rather than another, is called a contingent event; or an event without a cause : vas for example, the falling of a leaf on a particular...allowable, there is no philosophical propriety, that s to say, no truth in them. Contingency and chance are words of no positive meaning ; but which may...

...have happened in this manner, or at this moment, rather than another, is called a contingent event ; as, for example, the falling of a leaf on a particular...turning up of a certain number when dice are thrown." All events are, in a sense, necessary, as forming part of the universal causal nexus, but we call those...