[lojban-beginners] Re: Lightbulb

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On 10/3/06, Daniel Adamec <dadamec123@gmail.com> wrote:
> What {sumti tcita} would be used for 'because' in a response to the query
> "why is the light bulb bright?". (apologies for the simplicity of the
> sentence).
[...]
> I am probably making the problem more complicated than it really is, so once
> again I apologize for the simple explanation I will no doubt receive from
> several (rightfully) exasperated {jboprenu}

I believe Aristotle categorized causality pretty thoroughly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#Causality

It's nice that Lojban differentiates between different modes of
causality. You're really not making the question more complicated than
it is, because it *is* pretty complicated.

I wonder which Lojban words correspond to which aristotelian causes.
Maybe Lojban's distinctions are somewhat orthogonal? That would be
disappointing.

Chris Capel
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