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Re: [lojban] Re: possible worlds



In a message dated 6/19/2001 8:10:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
thinkit8@lycos.com writes:


how about this?  "if i were rich i'd have a house" goes to
"fau le nu mi ricfu kei mi ponse lo zdani".  i don't like using the
UI cmavo to do this either, but i think there are substitutes.


Nice, but what does it have to do with possible worlds? (the answer "nothing"
is to its advantage)  Is it clearly superior to {ganai mi ricfu gi mi ponse
lo zdani}.  The latter is, I suppose uninterestingly true, the former appears
to be false or of uncertain -- and uncertainly obtainable -- truth value.  
So, as assertions, the advantage seems to lie with {ganai} form.  But if this
is something else than an assertion, it does seem to move over into the area
of UI: intentions, hopes, and the like.