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RE: [jboske] Paper to consider on intensionals?
Nick:
> So, And in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jboske/message/1732 says that
> Unique does work as an intensional:
Hang on, though. I end that message by saying I now have big doubts
about that, and that I will explain them in message 1736.
> I want A Doctor (A Doctor is the kind of thing I want)
> I draw A Doctor (A Doctor is the kind of thing I draw)
>
> And there is a Kind of 6-letter gismu, which you can talk about
> wanting, needing, describing, though it may end up having no denotation
>
> I could start pondering whether that works, but
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jboske/message/1736 (the Big Rethink)
> says no, intensional isn't a Unique, because you can intensionally want
> masses as well, and the Unique, whatever it is, is an individual. Right?
Yes.
> So we are indeed back to square one. You know, you'd get your
> cross-cutting with ka'ai too: leka'ai, leika'ai, le'ika'ai, lo malkampu
> be leika'ai... [Jordan, your football team takes it up the khyber]..
I look forward to learning more about ka'ai, then.
--And.