From - Tue Apr 15 11:05:36 1997 Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Date: Tue Apr 15 11:05:36 1997 Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: Re: CPE: Corliss Lamont X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <199704081454.KAA13297@cs.columbia.edu> (message from Mark Vines on Tue, 8 Apr 1997 09:54:22 -0600) X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 517 Message-ID: >Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 09:54:22 -0600 >From: Mark Vines > >la xorxes. spuda mi di'e > >> lojycmu [logji jicmu]: j1 (j2=l1) l2 >> x1 is a fundamental/basic principle >> of logic reflected in the reasoning >> of (text) x2. > >You're thinking of a syllogism as a text. >I'm thinking of a syllogism as a type of >pattern in logic. Isn't a syllogism really just something like a {du'u nibli}? Or maybe something to do with {te nibli}? ~mark