Re: properties of masses

[jorge@phyast.pitt.edu]

la lojbab cusku di'e

> I don't see any problem with pisu'o as a quantifier for masses.  It means
> "at least some" - it does not mean "part of".

I don't see a problem with it either. There is a problem only if
you insist that every property of a component is also automatically
a property of the whole mass, as it is stated in many places.

> All of something is certainly
> within the qualifications of "at least some".  Similarly the su'o default
> quantifier on "da" isn't "wrong", i.e. makes the sentence false, if it turns
> out that roda broda is true.

I agree. Quantifiers are not the problem, as long as we don't force all
the properties of the components on the mass.

Jorge