Re: Re: essentials of a gadri system
John Cowan <[email protected]>
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Nick Nicholas scripsit: > Accepted. For my part, I have put my contribution on wiki, at > http://www.lojban.org/wiki/index.php/gadri%20report%2C%20aug%202003 A few notes: 1) It's not really true that "There exists an X" implies that X is namable. The number of real numbers, still more the number of real functions of a single variable, vastly outruns the number of names. This doesn't really affect your argument. 2) Grammatically, LAhE3 can't be a LAhE, since those (like any other sumti) can be quantified. We need a new selma'o and a new grammar rule if you *really* want unquantifiables. 3) I suggest that the "I fear" example be changed to "Joey fears" forthwith, because first-person is nothing but a snare in these examples. It's rational for me to say "Joey fears the OBM" even though I deny the OBM's existence. A fortiori, the other examples should be changed as well. -- A mosquito cried out in his pain, John Cowan "A chemist has poisoned my brain!" http://www.ccil.org/~cowan The cause of his sorrow http://www.reutershealth.com Was para-dichloro- jcowan-k6JZYsoqQQ8PxK1qzZLvrwC/[email protected] Diphenyltrichloroethane. (aka DDT)