[lojban-beginners] Re: Where can I learn more about logic?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:30:23PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote:
> I was just reading the Lojban wiki page about descriptions, and
> gave up. 

Which page, exactly?  If it's
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Descriptions that's
written by PC, who couldn't write something clear and understandable
if his life depending on it.

> The more I learn about Lojban grammar, the more I realize I could
> benefit from learning formal logic. For instance, I don't know
> what masses and sets are, exactly. 

Masses are almost purely a Lojban concept; but see
http://philosophy.syr.edu/mckay.html for something nearly identical.
It's not beginner accessible, though (in fact, it blows my mind).

> Is there an accessable and (preferably) free work to which you can
> point me?

Ouch.  I learned formal logic in school.  You might want to start
with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic , but maybe others here can
help.

-Robin

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