Logic: what's the difference between "vel" and "aut" ?

2007-04-18 05:15:12 · 1 answers · asked by Steve C 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy

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The word vel expresses weak disjunction while the word aut (all in Latin of course) corresponds to the word or, and is exclusionary.

In other words aut means a or b or c or d
vel means a and just barely b and just barely c

2007-04-18 05:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

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