From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 26 06:16:56 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GSCnY-0001lT-Fv for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:16:32 -0700 Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.7]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GSCnW-0001lL-Hw for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:16:32 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id d.be7.47625da (43930) for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:16:25 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:16:25 EDT Subject: [lojban] cats To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_be7.47625da.324a8229_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-archive-position: 12644 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_be7.47625da.324a8229_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/26/2006 4:22:04 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > How don't cats describe themselves? "I am hungry" > Cats don't describe anything; they have no way to describe anything. People may attribute what a cat does as making a statement, but such statements are more like simple commands: "I want out; open the door!", "Pet me!", "Feed me!" These aren't descriptions. Behavior (and reactions in general) are not descriptions. stevo --part1_be7.47625da.324a8229_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 9/26/2006 4:22:04 AM Cent= ral Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:



How don't cats describe themselves?  "I am hungry"


Cats don't describe anything; they have no way to describe anything. &nb= sp;People may attribute what a cat does as making a statement, but such stat= ements are more like simple commands: "I want out; open the door!", "Pet me!= ", "Feed me!"  These aren't descriptions.  Behavior (and reactions= in general) are not descriptions.  

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