Sentences with phrase «as chance occurrences»

And since all events must have causes, according to this classical framework, there really are no such things as chance occurrences.

Not exact matches

As for «chance mutations,» chance is the opposite of having a cause; something that happens by chance admits of no reason or purpose for its occurrence.

There is room in it for those occurrences that we confusedly refer to as chance.

But such congruity is possible only if this principle of order is at the same time understood as a constant source of novelty as well.5 For it is in the influx of novelty into our universe that those deviations from order, regularity and tranquillity that we loosely refer to as «chance» occurrences take place.

One might view Mike's trajectory as a series of random occurrences or chance encounters; some might even go so far as to say he was foolish to rely always on a Plan A, instead of looking into alternatives if things did not go the way he planned.

With scientific and technological advancements leading the way in which people perceive our reality, repeated patterns, coincidences and chance occurrences surfaced as key concepts.

[2012 paper — 225 cites] Modelling sea level rise impacts on storm surges along US coasts We estimate that, by mid-century, some locations may experience high water levels annually that would qualify today as «century» (i.e., having a chance of occurrence of 1 % annually) extremes.

The IPCC SREX report (Seneviratne et al., 2012) defines them as having a 5 percent or 1 percent or even lower chance of occurrence during the same period, and other examples include 10 percent coldest nights, 10 percent warmest daily maximum temperature, 5 percent heaviest rain rate, etc..

This is normally not a recoverable occurrence under a normal renters policy, so if you are in a flood area and there is a chance your property could be damaged in this manner you will want to discuss flood coverage with your agent as well.

The chance occurrence of a physician visit in the 7 days before an EC prescription for an excluded Medical Services Plan code event was uncommon (step 5), as were linked prescriptions over the following 12 months (step 6).