Use in philosophy: facts that are neither true nor false
At the instigation of Philosophy and Logic, a contingency refers to the state of those facts that always from a logical point of view are neither true nor false..
Contingency expresses the opposite of needMeanwhile, by necessity it is understood that which causes things to happen infallibly in a certain way and not in another.
For example, a contingent event is what could not have taken place and conversely a necessary event could not have happened as it did.
Quite often, one speaks of possibility and contingency interchangeably, however, the latter differs from the former in that the possibility always includes assessments and affirmations that are necessarily true as well as some that are not necessarily false.
In this same context, there is talk of being contingent when a being is not by itself but through another, then it may or may not be at the same time.
Possibility of something happening or an unforeseen event
Another use of the term is to account for the possibility or risk of a situation occurring; that the birth of our first child is anticipated is a contingency that enters our plans.
In other words, contingency can be everything that is likely to happen even though there is no absolute certainty about it, so it is something possible that may or may not happen.
Also, a contingency is that fact or problem that arises before us in a totally unforeseen way. After strong seismic movements, it is necessary to be prepared for any type of contingency that may occur.
The contingent is everything that may well be or may not be, that is, it is neither safe nor necessary for it to happen or to exist.
Contingency plan to prevent them
Associated with this concept appears another one that is frequently used in our language and is the contingency plan, which consists of a plan that a competent authority or group specialized in a task develops with the mission of preventing any contingency, that is, the succession of an event that is likely to happen.
Consider the forecast of a heavy rainstorm in a town that tends to flood. The competent authorities must have a contingency plan prepared that they will execute if the forecast storm finally ends up producing heavy rains and floods.
Now, we must say that these plans are the result of contingencies that finally happened and that ended up causing serious problems due to the lack of an adequate plan to counteract the event.
The issue of floods, or earthquakes, are one of the most recurrent that demand the realization of a plan of this type. Although obviously the rain cannot be avoided, what can be avoided are the disastrous consequences that these climatic conditions often leave, such as flooded houses, loss of material goods in quantity and not to mention human victims.
The main thing is to have a good meteorological alert system that anticipates the storm so that the corresponding authorities can take out all the prevention elements and also communicate to the citizens how they should act in the face of the imminence of such events.
The opposite side of contingency turns out to be the concept of security. When there is security, it is because there is the certainty, the guarantee, that something will be fulfilled or will happen as expected or planned.
