Accidentalism
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Accidentalism may refer to:
- Accidentalism and catastrophism, two differing ideologies in Spain in the inter-war period
- Accidentalism (philosophy), the position that events can succeed one another haphazardly or by chance
- Accidentalism (painting), the effect produced by accidental lights
An archaic use of the term accidentalism was the idea that disease is only an accidental modification of the healthy condition.[1]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Accidentalism". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 114.
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