Received: from mail-pz0-f61.google.com ([209.85.210.61]:59934) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S8hao-0003NT-Bv; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:59 -0700 Received: by dacx6 with SMTP id x6sf6519313dac.16 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1H/hiEvbVQBAMz/6T5MNaSq301fbCcnL/8rAI7sebVA=; b=j4GPgiTwxIUjx+Jtwyu4PAfxnPzMp2MjYWD6JZwzJ3NfiO5VAVFWM6Y+S9DQDDxJBC B25s0PE1n0Do/DhJUBWHxAGYvBLxnxjkQuAlyfe16qqn9ln37g12iCUre+Vh7QKliacn r+MPxnV/SyvW/eOiZCSZPa5ZltrByzt1XCNSg= Received: by 10.68.244.97 with SMTP id xf1mr1527017pbc.17.1331944408204; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:28 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.141.9 with SMTP id rk9ls13229918pbb.9.gmail; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.227.166 with SMTP id sb6mr7141216pbc.4.1331944406740; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.227.166 with SMTP id sb6mr7141215pbc.4.1331944406697; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pb0-f47.google.com (mail-pb0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6si7502648pbg.2.2012.03.16.17.33.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of felipeg.assis@gmail.com designates 209.85.160.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.160.47; Received: by pbcum15 with SMTP id um15so305555pbc.20 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.203.74 with SMTP id ko10mr19428533pbc.125.1331944406573; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.189.133 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:33:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <85c56859-86a7-4c6b-b938-c3171e8a3198@y10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> References: <26361784.259.1331827845548.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynjw14> <2343119.814.1331896532433.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynkz21> <32227855.55.1331909777553.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yncc18> <14627135.208.1331917668355.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbas10> <21590616.1383.1331920334900.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynil17> <85c56859-86a7-4c6b-b938-c3171e8a3198@y10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:33:25 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Major flaw in Lojban ! (was:Pivotal sentences in Pandunia. How to express them in Lojban ?) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Felipe_Gon=E7alves_Assis?= To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: felipeg.assis@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of felipeg.assis@gmail.com designates 209.85.160.47 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=felipeg.assis@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.4 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 2118 On 16 March 2012 17:39, ianek wrote: > I thought that under xorlo {lo broda} doesn't imply the existence of > broda. (And likewise, {lo nu broda} doesn't imply the existence of an > event of broda). > Quite the opposite, actually. mu'o mi'e .asiz. > mu'o mi'e ianek > > On 16 Mar, 21:21, Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis > wrote: >> On 16 March 2012 17:03, Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis wrote: >> >> > By the way, I never understood why nu-abstractions are used in djica2. >> > There is no specific event you desire for. You just want an event with= certain >> > properties to happen. Maybe the more abstract {du'u} would express tha= t? >> >> On a more logical level, there is a problem when you try to express desi= re >> for something impossible. That is >> =A01. Let broda be a predication that is impossible to hold, even in hyp= othetical >> =A0 =A0 =A0worlds, such as a logical contradiction. >> =A02. Let ko'a be a subject with so little grasp of logic that ko'a can = not >> =A0 =A0 =A0understand that broda is impossible, and naively wants broda. >> How would the speaker express that ko'a wants broda? He can't say >> {lo nu broda}, because there is no event of broda. There is no problem >> with the existence of the predication broda, on the other hand. >> >> mu'o >> mi'e .asiz. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscrib= e@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojb= an-beginners?hl=3Den. > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@= googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= -beginners?hl=3Den.