Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 17:37:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710152237.RAA26136@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: mark.vines@wholefoods.com Sender: Lojban list From: Mark Vines Subject: Re: quantifiable pro-bridi X-To: LOJBAN@CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 699 Lines: 23 la .and. cusku di'e > Geoff: > > What do you mean by "intension"? > > Do you know the word but want to know the sense in which > I am using it? > > Or don't you know it at all? If so, then you're much > better of going to a book, such as the second Bible of > Lojban, Jim McCawley's "Everything linguists always wanted > to know about logic". mi spuda la .and. di'e I have read & reread that section of McCawley until (& I mean this literally) the book fell to pieces, & I have made a strange discovery: I understand what logicians mean by "intension" only late at night - & not at all on most nights. If you or pc or anyone else can shed some light.... co'omi'e markl.