Neither... nor
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Dalaal
· started 2020-02-27 01:58
· last activity 2020-03-15 05:34
· 2 replies
Do we diagram neither/nor the same as either/or and could you explain the logic behind it?
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SamA
· 2020-02-28 20:13
Hello @Dalaal,
I am not seeing "neither/nor" in the question that you linked here, so I will create an example.
"Fish are neither mammals nor reptiles." I am able to diagram this with sufficient/necessary conditions because it is a general rule or principle.
F - - - - - -> not M and not R
or
M or R - - - - - -> not F
However, there are sentences for which I wouldn't diagram neither/nor. For example, "I am neither hungry nor tired." This might be an important premise, but it is not something that I would diagram by itself. It is just two things that I am not, and it doesn't lend itself to conditional reasoning.
Either/or is different, because there is conditionality involved. "I am either hungry or tired." There are conclusions that I can draw.
not T - - - - - > H
not H - - - - - -> T
Mehran goes over the either/or logic in detail in the sufficient and necessary video. If this last example doesn't make sense, I would watch that segment again.
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Shirnel
· 2020-03-15 05:34
Great explanation. I know the question didn't have "neither/nor" in it, but thank you for explaining it. In looking at our example, it seems neither nor is diagrammed like a compound statement with the necessary condition negated. Is that the case?
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