Re: [lojban] Re: Question on "ro"

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

xod:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:
>
> >
> > --- "Stefan \"1of3\" Koch" <OneOfThree@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > coi.
> > >
> > > Some time ago there was a discussion on this list whether "ro" is
importing
> > > or not. I wasn't able to follow the discussion at that time since I
didn't
> > > have enough knowledge of logics.
> > >
> > > By now I am a student of math (and Latin but that doesn't matter here)
and I
> > > can see the problem. I just don't know what the result of the
discussion
> > > was. I don't want to start the discussion all over again but I want to
know
> > > whether any consensus was found.
> > >
> > > ki'e mu'omi'e ctefan.
> >
> > You may or may not find the answer here: :)
> >
> >
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=quantification+and+the+meani
ng+of+ro>
> >
> >
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=quantification+and+the+meanin
g+of+ro
>
> Whether or not a consensus was found probably depends on whom you ask.

There was consensus that it is appropriate to have a cardinal number
that expresses whatever is the cardinality of the set the number
is applied to; that is, meaning "(For) as many x as there are". There
was slightly less than unanimous agreement that this should be the
meaning of the word {ro}, the dissenters being John Cowan and pc,
who held that {ro} should mean "Each of the at least one x". The
issue was pretty thoroughly discussed, so I imagine that if this
issue gets attended to by the BF, then it would go a straight vote,
where nonimporting ro would win.

--And.


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