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Either/Or is an influential book by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Either/Or and related terms may also refer to: Either/Or, a novel by Elif Batuman; Either/Or, music by Elliott Smith; Either/Or, a comedy game show; either...or and neither...nor, examples of correlative conjunctions in English
Either/Or (Danish: Enten – Eller) is the first published work of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. It appeared in two volumes in 1843 under the pseudonymous editorship of Victor Eremita (Latin for "victorious hermit").
Either/or and related terms may refer to: Either/Or (Kierkegaard book) , an 1843 book by Søren Kierkegaard Either/Or (Batuman novel) , a 2022 novel by Elif Batuman
In Boolean logic, logical NOR, [1] non-disjunction, or joint denial [1] is a truth-functional operator which produces a result that is the negation of logical or.That is, a sentence of the form (p NOR q) is true precisely when neither p nor q is true—i.e. when both p and q are false.
In either case, a statement is viewed as a truth bearer. Examples of sentences that are (or make) true statements: "Socrates is a man." "A triangle has three sides." "Madrid is the capital of Spain." Examples of sentences that are also statements, even though they aren't true: "All toasters are made of solid gold." "Two plus two equals five."
The Rare Earth hypothesis uses the Goldilocks principle in the argument that a planet must be neither too far away from nor too close to a star and galactic centre to support life, while either extreme would result in a planet incapable of supporting life. [6] Such a planet is colloquially called a "Goldilocks Planet".
In logic, the law of excluded middle or the principle of excluded middle states that for every proposition, either this proposition or its negation is true. [1] [2] It is one of the three laws of thought, along with the law of noncontradiction, and the law of identity; however, no system of logic is built on just these laws, and none of these laws provides inference rules, such as modus ponens ...
Neither is an English pronoun, adverb, and determiner signifying the absence of a choice in an either/or situation. Neither may also refer to: Neither ...