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Either/Or
''Either/Or'' ( Danish: ''Enten – Eller'') is the first published work of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Appearing in two volumes in 1843 under the pseudonymous editorship of ''Victor Eremita'' (Latin for "victorious hermit"), it ...
'' is an influential book by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.
Either/Or and related terms may also refer to:
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''Either/Or'' (book), a novel by
Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman (born 1977) is an American author, academic, and journalist. She is the author of three books: a memoir, ''The Possessed'', and the novels ''The Idiot,'' which was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and ''Either/Or''. ...
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''Either/Or'' (album), music by Elliott Smith
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''Either/Or'' (TV series), a comedy game show
* ''either...or'' and ''neither...nor'', examples of
correlative conjunction
In grammar, a conjunction ( abbreviated or ) is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions. That definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech and so what constitu ...
s in English
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Exclusive or
Exclusive or or exclusive disjunction is a logical operation that is true if and only if its arguments differ (one is true, the other is false).
It is symbolized by the prefix operator J and by the infix operators XOR ( or ), EOR, EXOR, , ...
, the logical meaning of "either ... or ... but not both"
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Logical disjunction
In logic, disjunction is a logical connective typically notated as \lor and read aloud as "or". For instance, the English language sentence "it is raining or it is snowing" can be represented in logic using the disjunctive formula R \lor ...
, the logical meaning of "either ... or ... or both"
* Either-or fallacy, another name for
false dilemma
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. The source of the fallacy lies not in an invalid form of inference but in a false ...
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Either–or topology, a structure in mathematics
See also
*For some other uses of the English words ''either'' and ''neither'':
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Correlative conjunction
In grammar, a conjunction ( abbreviated or ) is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions. That definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech and so what constitu ...
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English determiners
English determiners (also known as determinatives)
are words – such as ''the'', ''a'', ''each'', ''some'', ''which'', ''this'', and ''six'' – that are most commonly used with nouns to specify their referents. The determiners form a closed ...
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Indefinite pronoun
**Wiktionary entries for ''
either'' and ''
neither''
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Or (disambiguation)
Or or OR may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* "O.R.", a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H
* Or (My Treasure), a 2004 movie from Israel (''Or'' means "light" in Hebrew)
Music
* ''Or'' (album), a 2002 album by Golden Boy with Mis ...
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Nor (disambiguation)
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Ether Or
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