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 +[[Image:Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' (c. 1524 ) by [[Lorenzo Lotto]]
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 +“Your order is meaningless, my [[chaos]] is [[significant]].” — [[Nathanael West]]
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 +[[Image:Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society.jpg|thumb|200px|Given enough time, a [[chimpanzee]] punching at [[random]] on a [[typewriter]] would [[almost surely]] type out all of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] plays.
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 +Photo: ''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) - New York Zoological Society]]
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-'''Chance''' refers to an [[opportunity]] or [[possibility]]; a[[random|Random]] [[occurrence]]; [[luck]]; the [[probability]] of something happening.+'''Chance''' refers to an [[opportunity]] or [[possibility]]; a [[random]] [[occurrence]]; [[luck]]; the [[probability]] of something happening.
-'''Chance''' may refer to:+== In philosophy, logic and theology ==
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-== Philosophy, logic and theology ==+
* [[Chance (philosophy)]] or indeterminism * [[Chance (philosophy)]] or indeterminism
* [[Contingency (philosophy)]] * [[Contingency (philosophy)]]
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== See also == == See also ==
-*''[[An Anecdoted Topography of Chance]]'' by Daniel Spoerri (with Roland Topor)+*''[[An Anecdoted Topography of Chance]]'' by Daniel Spoerri (1962, with Roland Topor)
- +*''[[The Dice Man]]'' (1971) by Luke Rhinehart
 +* [[Aleatory art]]
 +*[[Chaos]]
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Magnum Chaos (c. 1524 ) by Lorenzo Lotto  “Your order is meaningless, my chaos is significant.” — Nathanael West
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Magnum Chaos (c. 1524 ) by Lorenzo Lotto
“Your order is meaningless, my chaos is significant.” — Nathanael West
Given enough time, a chimpanzee punching at random on a typewriter would almost surely type out all of Shakespeare's plays.  Photo: Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society
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Given enough time, a chimpanzee punching at random on a typewriter would almost surely type out all of Shakespeare's plays.
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Chance refers to an opportunity or possibility; a random occurrence; luck; the probability of something happening.

In philosophy, logic and theology

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