[lojban-beginners] masses, sets, formal logic

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 2004-12-02 5:23:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


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


My impression over the years is that masses and sets are used in Lojban in an idiosyncratic way, not the way of formal logic.  They've been a hairy mess from the beginning.

stevo