Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 11:24:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710251624.LAA13418@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Robin Turner Sender: Lojban list From: Robin Turner Subject: Why Lojban? X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 846 Lines: 16 One reason people give for studying Lojban is that it helps them to "think more clearly". Lojban has the advantage over formal logics that you can actually think (and speak) in it (although I must admit I've got a long way to go before I reach this stage!). what I would be interested to hear is specific examples of how Lojban has actually helped people's thinking processes. For example, the place structure of "xamgu" gave me an idea for an essay entitled "Yet More Thoughts on 'the good'" . Although I used normal logical notation in the essay itself (and expanded the place structure), it was Lojban which gave the original inspiration. Has anywone else had experiences of Lojban helping to solve problems, whether philosophical, mathemmatical or linguistic? Robin