Re: TECH: "any" & quantification

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

Jorge cusku di'e:

>> By the way, is "xa'a" as I've defined it the same as asserting existence?
>
>Does {mi viska lo pavyseljirna} assert existance, or the fact that there
>are no unicorns makes the sentence false?

How can "I can look at a unicorn" possibly be true statement, unless I
exist, and at least one unicorn exists?  That's why I think useful
transparent statements with the hypothetical "xa'a" have to implicitly
assert existence.

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 Chris Bogart
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