RE: [jboske] The two faces of tu'o (was: Nick on propositionalism&c. (was: Digest Number 134))

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

xod:
> "Inconceivable" means tautological, when it doesn't simply denote a lack
> of imagination. Therefore my canonical example is "2 = 2tu'o"; 2 equals 2
> and any other answer is inconceivable. I could present mind-teasers,
> however, with the equivalent tautology buried in more interesting
> phenomena, such as the 2 sides of a coin for any coin with sufficient
> reasonability conditions 

What are some of the more interesting phenomena? Note that you can
talk about one side of a two-sided coin. And you know there are two
sides, and not three, because you can recognize what counts as one
side.

> Upon reflection, a "this is tautological" marker should be an evidential
> UI. se'o might work; any sentient being should be expected to be able to
> process tautologies 

No objections to that, but I object to having to be more verbose in
order to indicate that I'm working with an ontology that is in some
ways simpler than the one Lojban forces on me.

--And.