[lojban-beginners] Re: ni'ikri?

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

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 04:42:51PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote:
> >> {.i fi piro lo te vajni .e lo mukti cu jimpe ma'i lo seni'ikri .e
> >> lo nu zgana seba'i lo se sitna} 
> >"All reasons for importance [that's not "meaning"]
>
> pe'i It is, in this context. My existence is not a language spoken
> by someone, so the idea of interpretating it is incoherent. When
> the person on the street asks me "the meaning of my life" she/he
> is talking about "the reason(s) my life is important." This is yet
> another way that Lojban helps me clarify what I mean.

OK, I can see that.

> >are subjects of understanding by the standard of result-beliefs
> >[seni'ikri is, prima facia, inherently contradictory; can you give a
> >full definition]
>
> In the word list you gave me for Supermemo, the {ja'o} entry reads "evidential: I conclude (cf. selni'i, ni'ikri)". 

...

That's... Unfortunate.  I have no idea what ni'ikri was intended by
whoever wrote the ma'oste to mean.

> Well then, what word means "x1 holds x2 to be true from objective
> external evidence"? 

{birti}, I suppose.

> >> * (Slightly off topic, how the heck do I translate the adjective
> >> "naturalistic," in the sense of no supernatural realm?)
> >I've always called that "materialistic".  Huh.  I think I'll use
> >that now. I would probably use marji or to'e mucti.
>
> Excellent, thanks. Do I want {si'o to'e mucti} to add the "-ism"?

Yeah, that'll do.

-Robin

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