{"product_id":"the-genealogy-of-disjunction-r-e-jennings-9780195075243","title":"The Genealogy of Disjunction","description":"This is a comprehensive study of the English word \u003cem\u003eor\u003c\/em\u003e, and the logical operators variously proposed to present its meaning. Although there are indisputably disjunctive uses of \u003cem\u003eor\u003c\/em\u003e in English, it is a mistake to suppose that logical disjunction represents its core meaning. \u003cem\u003eOr\u003c\/em\u003e is descended from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning \u003cem\u003esecond\u003c\/em\u003e, a form which survives in such expressions as \"every other day.\" Its disjunctive uses arise through metalinguistic applications of an intermediate adverbial meaning which is conjunctive rather than disjunctive in character. These conjunctive uses have puzzled philosophers and logicians, and have been discussed extensively under such headings as \"free choice permission.\" This study examines the textbook myths that have clouded our understanding of how \u003cem\u003eor\u003c\/em\u003e and other \"logical\" vocabulary comes to have something approaching its logical meaning in natural languages. It considers the various historical conceptions of disjunction and its place in logic from the Stoics to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. E. Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195075242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195075243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.42w x 1.11d","brand":"R. E. Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202101952767,"sku":"9780195075243","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e20043ec-5611-4f2f-a63a-de89b822f42c.jpg?v=1756819648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-genealogy-of-disjunction-r-e-jennings-9780195075243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}