Re: TECH: Any old thing whatsoever (mi nitcu lo tanxe)

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

Not having read Quine (and not being convoinced that I would understand
it if I did - if I had to be a logician to lead this project, I would
resign yesterday %^)

I beleive that the distinction is

mi djica lo bloti poi falnu se catke
I  want  a  boat which is sail-pushed (I hope that will do for sloop in this
                                        example)
     which does not claim that such a boat exists

and

(pa) da poi bloti gi'e falnu se catke zo'u: mi djica da
There exists 1 thing that is a  boat and sail-pushed such that: I want it.

    which claims that such a boat exists AND that it is a specific boat.

(I left the "pa" out from before "lo bloti" in the firts example, if
singular is necessarily explicit in "a boat".  Lojban  does not require
singular/plural distinction if it is not important.

lojbab