- Mon Mar 10, 2025 9:04 pm
#112223
Generally speaking, yes - "either/or," like "or," means "at least one." So, either we reject the opinion of most commentators on Baroque painting, or Mather is wrong. At least one of those must be true. If most commentators are correct, Mather is wrong; if Mather is right, most commentators are wrong. And maybe they are all wrong, because that satisfies the "at least one" element.
The exception to this general rule would be when the two options are mutually exclusive, either because the author says they are or because it just naturally has to be that way. "At this moment, Captain Smith is either on his ship somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, or else he is safe at home with his family in Oregon" presents two options that cannot both be true at the same time. In this case, one and only one of those things is true.
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