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=== Semantics === In the [[semantics of logic]], classical disjunction is a [[truth function]]al [[logical operation|operation]] which returns the [[truth value]] ''true'' unless both of its arguments are ''false''. Its semantic entry is standardly given as follows:{{efn|For the sake of generality across classical systems, this entry suppresses the parameters of evaluation. The [[double turnstile]] [[List of logic symbols|symbol]] <math> \models </math> here is intended to mean "semantically entails".<!--this is hardly readable without context, it means "(X β¨ phi β¨ psi) if [(X β¨ phi) or (X β¨ psi)], for any X", in other words, " 'β¨' means 'or' ".-->}} :: <math> \models \phi \lor \psi</math> if <math> \models \phi</math> or <math>\models \psi</math> or both This semantics corresponds to the following [[truth table]]:<ref name=":1" /> {{2-ary truth table|0|1|1|1|<math>A \lor B</math>}}
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