Return-Path: Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rnBs8-00007ZC; Fri, 10 Mar 95 23:05 EET Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.10+Emil1.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id XAA19510 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 1995 23:05:19 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (MAILER@SEARN) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-13 #2494) id <01HNZGMNM1U8002K2W@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Fri, 10 Mar 1995 21:01:18 +0200 (EET) Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3024; Fri, 10 Mar 1995 22:01:30 +0100 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 16:01:36 -0500 (EST) From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: On {lo} and existence Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Message-id: <01HNZGMOJLAE002K2W@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 509 Lines: 16 la djan cusku di'e > > {dahinai} = real. {dahi} = real or imaginary. "Real" means "real in the > > universe of discourse". "Imaginary" means "not real in the universe of > > discourse". > > Note that "xanri" does not mean "imaginary" in this sense, due to its x2; > for something to be "imaginary" in the Lojban sense, there must exist an > imaginer. Can something be "imaginary" in And's sense without there being an imaginer? I won't even try to imagine what that could be, or I would spoil it. Jorge