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Thanks, Robin. Yes, PC's page is the one to which I refer. If Bertrand Russell's quote “[Ix]( Gx & [Ay](Fy <=> y=x)).” is any indication, the practice of symbolic logic invented a new language already. Just not a speakable one.
-la .epcat

lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:30:23PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote:
>> I was just reading the Lojban wiki page about descriptions, and
>> gave up. 
>
>Which page, exactly?  If it's
>http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Descriptions that's
>written by PC, who couldn't write something clear and understandable
>if his life depended on it.
>
>> The more I learn about Lojban grammar, the more I realize I could
>> benefit from learning formal logic. For instance, I don't know
>> what masses and sets are, exactly. 
>
>Masses are almost purely a Lojban concept; but see
>http://philosophy.syr.edu/mckay.html for something nearly identical.
>It's not beginner accessible, though (in fact, it blows my mind).
>
>> Is there an accessable and (preferably) free work to which you can
>> point me?
>
>Ouch.  I learned formal logic in school.  You might want to start
>with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic , but maybe others here can
>help.
>
>-Robin
>
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