From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Sat Dec 10 12:09:58 1994 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA03047 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Sat, 10 Dec 1994 12:09:55 -0500 Message-Id: <199412101709.AA03047@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9956; Sat, 10 Dec 94 12:01:13 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7083; Sat, 10 Dec 1994 12:00:55 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 16:59:00 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: jei To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: (Your message of Sat, 10 Dec 94 01:19:39 EST.) Status: RO Lojbab: > But mi djuno fi lejei broda DOES mean "I know whether broda" more or less. > It means I know something about the truth value of the predication broda, > which to me means "I know whether broda". "I know whether broda" is "I know what the truth value of broda is [i.e. 0, 1 or maybe some value in between]". You can know something about thr truth value without knowing whether it is 0 or 1: e.g. you may know that I'm trying to discover what the truth value of broda is, so you therefore know something about the truth value of broda. --- And