Submitted by CryptoTrader1024 t3_zwqxxb in philosophy
GrymanOne t1_j20s2a7 wrote
Reply to comment by YuGiOhippie in An Argument in Favour of Unpredictable, Hard Determinism by CryptoTrader1024
We did cover this.
>Observe that saying that event E is contingent is the same thing as saying that event E is “not necessary,” and saying that event E is necessary is the same thing as saying that event E is “not contingent.”
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>So “necessary” and “contingent” are inter-definable. Be aware of that.
In his words, another way to write the thesis would be: No events are contingent.
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