From cowan Fri Sep 22 12:37:15 1995 Subject: Re: quantifiers To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List) From: John Cowan Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:37:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <199509220013.UAA22890@locke.ccil.org> from "John E. Clifford" at Sep 21, 95 09:24:54 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 591 Status: OR Message-ID: la pycyn. cusku di'e > The argument goes that we have somehow gotten to the point where _ro da > poi broda_ = _ro lo broda_ = _ro broda_ and, since the first of these is > given as having existential import, all the rest do too. And I, on the other hand, believe that the three expressions are equivalent and NONE of them has existential import; that nothing quantified with "ro" (or "no", which is its dual) has existential import. (I believe that jimcs also believes this.) What are the arguments against this viewpoint? -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.