Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:48:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801031648.LAA06354@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Colin Fine Sender: Lojban list From: Colin Fine Subject: Re: la'e X-To: Lojban list To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <882363234.1424529.0@listserv.cuny.edu> Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 965 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Jan 3 11:48:02 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU vecu'u le notci po'u <882363234.1424529.0@listserv.cuny.edu> la And Rosta cu cusku di'e >Lojbab: >> If a du'u + bridi is well defined, then by definition the >> sedu'u+bridi must be equally well-defined, > >You have repeatedly asserted this, even though I have already >explained why it is false. > ... Or to put it another way, ma'a have defined du'u a certain way and you (Bob) are now drawing logical inferences from that definition WITHOUT ESTABLISHING WHETHER THE DEFINITION IS LOGICALLY WELL-FORMED. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Colin Fine 66 High Ash, Shipley, W Yorks. BD18 1NE, UK | | Tel: 01274 592696/0976 635354 e-mail: colin@kindness.demon.co.uk | | "Don't just do something! Stand there!" | | - from 'Behold the Spirit' (workshop) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------