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Contingency (philosophy)

Known as: Contingent, Contingent propositions, Logical contingency 
In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of propositions that are neither true under every possible valuation (i.e. tautologies) nor false… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Winner 2012 The Invention of a ‘Secular Society’? Christianity and the Sudden Appearance of Secularization Discourses in the British National Media, 1961–4
This essay examines the sudden re-imagination of Britain as a ‘secular society’ in the highbrow British media between 1961 and… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Contingent Capital*
G overnment bailouts during the recent financial crisis were controversial because of the burden on taxpayers and because even if… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Estimating the financial costs of freshwater invasive species in Great Britain: a standardized approach to invasive species costing
Both ecological and economic impacts factor into invasive alien species (IAS) management considerations; however, economic… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Discrete Choice Survey Experiments: A Comparison Using Flexible Models
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Response acquisition for music or beverages in adults with profound multiple handicaps
Behavioral shaping procedures and adapted devices were used to establish controlled hand movements in two severely disabled… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
From Grammar to Science: New Foundations for General Linguistics
1. Preface 2. 1. People, Sound Waves, and Illusions 3. 2. Traditions of Grammar and Science 4. 3. Should We Study Language or… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Managing Contingent Workers: How to Reap the Benefits and Reduce the Risks
Contingent workers now account for nearly a quarter of the US workforce. This book provides statistical data, analysis, and… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Manipulator transition to and from contact tasks: a discontinuous control approach
  • J. Mills
  • Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on…
  • 1990
  • Corpus ID: 54450064
The stability and control of robotic manipulators during the execution of tasks that require the manipulator to make a transition… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Working Memory in the Acquisition of Complex Cognitive Skills
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Patterns of family extinction depend on definition and geological timescale
The recent claim1 of an approximate 26-Myr periodicity in the pattern of mass species extinction over the past 250 Myr has… 
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