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Subject: [lojban] Re: John Cowan's view on reification
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:24:31PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> This is actually BPFK business, so the rest of you can ignore it.
> 
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:18:27PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> > 
> > My view on Lojban's view of reification:
> > 
> > Everything that a sumti refers to, not within the scope of a
> > negation, is reified.  That includes abstract le nu/lo nu
> > things, le'e things, lo'e things, and the works.  You may
> > perhaps find an exception to this general principle, but I can
> > probably explain it away.
> > 
> > Ya happy now, rlpowell?
> 
> As long as that means you're comfortable with (in xorlo) the idea
> that {re lo ci broda} is one broda 

Err, *TWO* broda.  Sorry.

> and {re loi ci broda} is six
> broda, and as long as xorxes feels his outstanding questions to
> you have been answered, yep.

-Robin

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