Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:55:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801271655.LAA11761@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Robin Turner Sender: Lojban list From: Robin Turner Subject: knowledge, lojban and English X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: 77c1554db5cf2887728f7a05b37a8117 X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 X-From-Space-Date: Wed Jan 28 09:36:28 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - I agree with the idea that Lojban words need to be more than handles for English words, otherwise we end up facing the same philosophical disputes that attatch to the English equivalents. On this subject, I just found a nice quote from Leo Bloomfield: "A good deal of what passes for 'logic' or 'metaphysics' is merely an incompetent restating of the chief categories of the philosopher's language." (1933:270) which is what, I presume, we are trying to avoid with Lojban! Robin Turner Bilkent Universitesi, IDMYO, Ankara, Turkey.