As an instance of a complex disjunctive proposition I may give Senior’s definition of wealth, which, briefly stated, amounts to the proposition “Wealth is what is transferable, limited in supply, and either productive of pleasure or preventive of pain.”[70] [70] Boole’s *Laws of Thought*, p. 106. Jevons’ *Pure Logic*, p. 69. Let A = wealth B = transferable C = limited in supply D = productive of pleasure E = preventive of pain. The definition takes the form A = BC(D ꖌ E); but if we develop the alternatives by a method to be afterwards more fully considered, it becomes A = BCDE ꖌ BCD*e* ꖌ BC*d*E. An example of a still more complex proposition is found in De Morgan’s writings,[71] as follows:--“He must have been rich, and if not absolutely mad was weakness itself, subjected either to bad advice or to most unfavourable circumstances.” [71] *On the Syllogism*, No. iii. p. 12. Camb. Phil. Trans. vol. x, part i. If we assign the letters of the alphabet in succession, thus, A = he B = rich C = absolutely mad D = weakness itself E = subjected to bad advice F = subjected to most unfavourable circumstances, the proposition will take the form A = AB{C ꖌ D (E ꖌ F)}, and if we develop the alternatives, expressing some of the different cases which may happen, we obtain A = ABC ꖌ AB*c*DEF ꖌ AB*c*DE*f* ꖌ AB*c*D*e*F. The above gives the strict logical interpretation of the sentence, and the first alternative ABC is capable of development into eight cases, according as D, E and F are or are not present. Although from our knowledge of the matter, we may infer that weakness of character cannot be asserted of a person absolutely mad, there is no explicit statement to this effect. *Inference by Disjunctive Propositions.* Before we can make a free use of disjunctive propositions in the processes of inference we must consider how disjunctive terms can be combined together or with simple terms. In the first place, to combine a simple term with a disjunctive one, we must combine it with every alternative of the disjunctive term. A vegetable, for instance, is either a herb, a shrub, or a tree. Hence an exogenous vegetable is either an exogenous herb, or an exogenous shrub, or an exogenous tree. Symbolically stated, this process of combination is as follows, A(B ꖌ C) = AB ꖌ AC. Secondly, to combine two disjunctive terms with each other, combine each alternative of one with each alternative of the other. Since flowering plants are either exogens or endogens, and are at the same time either herbs, shrubs or trees, it follows that there are altogether six alternatives--namely, exogenous herbs, exogenous shrubs, exogenous trees, endogenous herbs, endogenous shrubs, endogenous trees. This process of combination is shown in the general form (A ꖌ B) (C ꖌ D ꖌ E) = AC ꖌ AD ꖌ AE ꖌ BC ꖌ BD ꖌ BE.