Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA27901 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 7 Oct 1994 17:06:26 -0400 Message-Id: <199410072106.AA27901@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3785; Fri, 07 Oct 94 17:04:36 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6853; Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:50:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 20:34:08 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: A couple of questions X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier In-Reply-To: (Your message of Fri, 07 Oct 94 18:33:27 A.) Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Fri Oct 7 17:06:30 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Iain: > if you really want to say that some-but-not-necessarily-all elves > have pointy ears, then you have to allow that such things as elves > exist, if only for the purposes of the discussion. This bit I don't go along with. It should be possible to talk about >0% of all elves without allowing there are any elves, just as talking about 100% of elves doesn't entail there are any. [This happens to be what I'd prefer for the default interpretation of "lo": i.e. I agree with you & Jorge about what "lo" means now, but I agree with Lojbab about what it ought to mean.] --- And