Re: [lojban] the set of answers

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/2001 11:10:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com writes:

Yes, this is reasonable. ("Nobody" is less likely to be an illegitimate
answer, though, and it is important to remember that it can be a
legitimate answer, since a number of Q-kauless analyses have rightly
foundered on their inability to cover "no da" answers, as Jorge
helpfully keeps reminding us.)

 I realize that I have gotten hung up in "Who murdered the butler?" which
has the presupposition that the butler was murdered and that someone did it
(allowing also teams as we know).  But something like "What's in the fridge?"
or, indeed, What's for dinner?" don't have existential assumptions and
"Nothing" is a perfectly good (elliptical) reply.