what is a contingency statement
- Synthetic Statement: a statement the truth value of which depends on'the way-the world is; e.g., New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana. Synthetic statements are all those statements which are not analytic, or in other words, any statement the truth of which cannot be determined by linguistic meaning alone. Contingent Statement a statement which could logically be either true or false. All true statements which are not necessarily true (logically could not be other than true) are contingently true. Their truth is said to be contingent upon (depends on) the facts concerning the way the world is.