Friday, April 23, 2010

Does disjunction have scope?--Part 2

...yes, of course it does (of course, of course, of course!) It displays scope interactions with NEGATION, doofus...

Joe doesn't like coffee or tea.
Narrow = Joe doesn't like [coffee or tea].
= Joe doesn't like coffee and Joe doesn't like tea (by De Morgan's law).

Joe doesn't like coffee or tea--I can't remember which.
Now the "or" scopes wide.

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