Received: from mail-fx0-f61.google.com ([209.85.161.61]:45956) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RISl2-0007QB-Lf; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:41 -0700 Received: by faap16 with SMTP id p16sf214214faa.16 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=b3g+o1yEGP8ic1u4NnXYGqAdpV7nuoaXyoYYUlE+AnI=; b=quJWHxF+coWzNh66TaW0taJuBG0olfc3xoyhUaX66i4lhhg3qkdqrExRFq7Ij76F3C IJ1A8Tle9xtnZDY5/YytLcW9OXoQJ//C0vvDfGMuxKRzoSrAWUnHej9w4Vla8uLVUlCF tjq2U95EbTZdCNYY5VpwFSNgwnbRj4wzmGb80= Received: by 10.223.4.143 with SMTP id 15mr8389511far.7.1319494346618; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:26 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.29.7 with SMTP id o7ls3181240bkc.2.gmail; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.136.216 with SMTP id s24mr3421855bkt.5.1319494344828; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.136.216 with SMTP id s24mr3421854bkt.5.1319494344812; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-fx0-f51.google.com (mail-fx0-f51.google.com [209.85.161.51]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v27si5041941fad.3.2011.10.24.15.12.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.51 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.161.51; Received: by faao24 with SMTP id o24so184595faa.24 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.62.15 with SMTP id v15mr46281645fah.22.1319494344648; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.5.165 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EA5ACD4.4030106@gmail.com> References: <20111021141620.GD28229@gonzales> <1319211982.72395.YahooMailRC@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20111021190055.GF28229@gonzales> <4E25E755-2FF6-4BDB-A5A4-5252845E0992@yahoo.com> <20111022030801.GG28229@gonzales> <1319308068.11247.YahooMailRC@web81306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20111023203658.GH28229@gonzales> <1319404501.57946.YahooMailRC@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20111023213304.GA3230@gonzales> <20111024151402.GA3062@gonzales> <4EA5ACD4.4030106@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:12:24 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural variable From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.51 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:22 PM, And Rosta wrote: > Martin Bays, On 24/10/2011 16:14: >> * Sunday, 2011-10-23 at 18:57 -0400 - John E. >> Clifford: >>> >>> On kinds, my position is just that kinds (if you want to use that >>> word) are just biggest bunches viewed in certain ways and so call for >>> nothing other than things of the ordinary sort. >> >> I seem to be in agreement. But I guess no-one else is, so far. > > I don't think me and xorxes disagree with you and John. If there is > disagreement, it is over how many are in the biggest bunches. You, I gather, > would say that there is only one possible cardinality for the biggest bunch > of broda, whereas xorxes and I would say that the universe, or universe of > discourse, can be understood in infinitely many different ways, such that > across these different ways the cardinality for the biggest bunch of broda > varies from one to infinity. I think xorxes and me would also say that this > holds also of referents of {la}, and also pronouns like {mi, do}, and that > these biggest bunches are treated like individuals. That sounds right. mu'o mi'e xorxes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.