The history of contingency and future-oriented thought /

The future is contingent. It can unfold differently, hinging on chance or choice within the present. This Element tells the story of how these twin concepts have developed across human history. Arcing from our earliest ancestors, through al-Ghazālī, to S. J. Gould, the Element demonstrates how human...

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Main Author:	Moynihan, Thomas, 1992- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:	Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice.
Subjects:	Contingency (Philosophy) Future contingents (Logic) Contingence (Philosophie) Futurs contingents (Logique)