Date:  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:15:46 -0500 (EST)
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From: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
Organization: University of Central Lancashire
Subject:      truthvalues (was Re: ni, jei, perfectionism)
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Lojbab to Chris:
> >If {li pa jei broda}, then {jei} is a number.
>
> The
> truth value of a preoposition is a number, yes.  But it is a number with
> conventional interpretation, and so cdannot be treated as a pure mathematical
> object.  Specifically, it does not have the properties  of the common m
> mathematical number sets (integers, reals, etc.).  It is not transitive,
> and you cannot meaningfully perform the tradition operations on the
> numbers without at least analysing them.  le jei broda su'i le jei brode
> does not make sense even if both truth values are "1".

Being a bit nitpicky:

The truth value isn't a number. If it was, then you could do all
that mathsy stuff with it. A truth value is a value from a scale
Bounded by True and False. - As Jorge has been saying.

--And