{"id":907,"date":"2017-08-03T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/?p=907"},"modified":"2017-08-03T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:16:06","slug":"either-x-or-y-are-both-options-equally-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/2017\/08\/either-x-or-y-are-both-options-equally-appropriate\/","title":{"rendered":"Either X or Y: are both Options Equally Appropriate? (Hebrew with English abstract) (Via Optima)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"rtl\">\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5 \u05d6\u05d4: \u05d4\u05d0\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05db\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Either X or Y: are both Options Equally Appropriate?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oqimta.org.il\/oqimta\/5773\/halivni1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This article<\/a> published by Rabbi Ephraim Halivni in Optima studies instances in which the the formula &#8220;Either X or Y&#8221; actually means to favor one of the options by serving to eliminate a third option leaving only two possible options, where one is clearly preferable. \u00a0An English abstract of the article appears <a href=\"http:\/\/oqimta.org.il\/english\/gil1eng.aspx#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5 \u05d6\u05d4: \u05d4\u05d0\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05db\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd? Either X or Y: are both Options Equally Appropriate? 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