Re: [lojban-beginners] Coining a lujvo: "evidence"

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 24 July 2011 18:25:15 .arpis. wrote:
> In the extremely likely event that there already exists such a lujvo, I'd
> like to know it, and what I should have done to find it.

http://vlasisku.lojban.org/evident

> When I think of the relationship described by "evidence", it comes to
> something like "x1(du'u) is evidence/suggests that x2 (du'u) is true [under
> epistemology x3]".
>
> There is no human component; unless you are in a quantum mechanical
> framework, observation does not change the fact.
>
> Evidence is weaker than proof or logical implication.
>
> (While writing this, I realize that {nibyti'i} almost means what I want,
> but I'm not sure if {lo nibyti'i} can be used to mean "evidence").

I suggest "ve jinvi fo zi'o" -> "zilvelji'i". However, x3 of that isn't the 
epistemology, it's the subject of the opinion.

Pierre
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa

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