From jcowan@reutershealth.com Mon Mar 03 06:35:42 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Mar 2003 06:35:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.36] (helo=mail.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18pr2F-0001OB-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 06:35:19 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA04661; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:32:05 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200303031432.JAA04661@mail.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:34:58 -0500 From: John Cowan Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) To: sbelknap@uic.edu (Steven Belknap) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:34:58 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org, jcowan@reutershealth.com In-Reply-To: <76EC5444-4BF8-11D7-82B8-000393629ED4@uic.edu> from "Steven Belknap" at Mar 01, 2003 09:14:14 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 4294 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Steven Belknap scripsit: > Perhaps I have misunderstood. I have interpreted your use of the word=20 > "typical" to refer to a device or rule that can be used to inspect any=20= > > given instance of a lion and determine whether or not it is "typical".=20= No: "lo'e cinfo" is a metaphysical construct which has those and only those properties typical of actual lions. > Which sense of "typical" is typical of the usage of "typical" that is > "the one being used here"? Closest to your sense 1, but not on all fours. -- John Cowan www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com All "isms" should be "wasms". --Abbie