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Coincidence: coincidence is not the absence of a causal explanation, but the coinciding of several events, which were caused by independent causal chains. The determination of a coincidence belongs to the description level and may express the deviation from an expectation. The property of being accidental is not inherent to events. See also determinism, indeterminism, contingency, necessity, probability.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Jacques Monod on Coincidence - Dictionary of Arguments

I 94
Coincidence/Monod: the structures of the proteins are random in the sense that it is impossible to formulate any empirical rule by which the nature of the remaining building blocks can be predicted from an exact knowledge of 199 building blocks of the protein consisting of 200 building blocks.
This is not an ignorance, but a factual description.
>Proabbility
, >Ingorance.
I 101
Coincidence/genetic code/Monod: the genetic code which occurs in the whole nature, is arbitrary in that the transmission of information could take place just as well according to another agreement.
>Code, >Conventions, >Language.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Mon I
J. Monod
Le hasard et la nécessité, Paris 1970
German Edition:
Zufall und Notwendigkeit Hamburg 1982


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