Logic / Unit 4 Logic 141 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Contingent Statements
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The idea
A contingent statement is true on some rows, false on others — its truth depends on the facts.
In practice
"The store is open." The world decides.
Where people slip
Nearly everything worth asserting is contingent. Logic classifies the claim; the world settles it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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