From @uga.cc.uga.edu:lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Mon May 29 00:59:22 1995 Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA3143 ; Mon, 29 May 95 00:59:20 BST Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk via puntmail for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk; Sat, 27 May 95 21:34:34 GMT Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by punt2.demon.co.uk id aa24166; 27 May 95 22:33 +0100 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3760; Sat, 27 May 95 17:31:47 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2131; Sat, 27 May 1995 17:09:42 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 17:13:57 EDT Reply-To: jorge@phyast.pitt.edu Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@phyast.pitt.edu Subject: Re: A Fuzzy Ship from Theseus X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Iain Alexander Message-ID: <9505272233.aa24166@punt2.demon.co.uk> Status: R And: > > ju'ocai absolute certainty > > ... > > ju'onai impossibility > > These, I think, are epistemic, and so not what we're after. They > indicate degrees of the speaker's confidence about whether what is > asserted is true. Compare: > Maybe it's bluish. > Maybe it's 100% blue. > It's certainly bluish. > It's certainly 100% blue. Yes, Steven pointed that out to me as well. Change to: je'ucai absolutely true je'usai je'u je'uru'e je'ucu'i je'unairu'e je'unai je'unaisai je'unaicai absolutely false Jorge