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Re: [lojban] Knowledge (was: Random lojban questions/annoyances.)



On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:54:45PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:01:52PM -0500, SwiftRain wrote:
> > > > John Cowan wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > True.  But when it changes, we deny that what we used to believe was,
> > > > > in fact, knowledge.
> > > >
> > > > .i sruma le du'u ro jitfa selkrici ku na seldjuno kei ku zo'u
> > > > no seldjuno cu zasti pe'i
> > >
> > > I'm sorry, that doesn't parse, and my understanding of the language is
> > > not up to the task of deconstructing it.  Can you re-state?
> >
> >
> > e'u zo ru'a basti zo sruma
>
> Still doesn't parse.  It's zo'u that's the issue.


Give the software a rest and read with your soul. Where's the fun if
Lojban is nothing but a glorified ROT13? Think of "zo'u" as "such that".
However, I read it as a nonsequitur.




> > > > .i ro selkrici cu jitfa .i se'o le prane nu jimpe cu na cumki .iare'e
> > >
> >
> >
> > .i ro selkrici cu jitfa no da
>
> How can 'no da' be a standard of falsity?



da means "There exists a...". Thus, the sentence means "There exists no
standard/epistemology/metaphysics such that every belief is false."



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