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




la xod cusku di'e

> > > > .i ro selkrici cu jitfa no da
> >
> Actually, as written it says: For every belief x, there is no standard
> by which x is false.
>
> What you  meant (I presume) is:
>
>       i no da cu se jitfa ro selkrici
>
> There is no standard such that every belief is false by it.

How is it that you perform only a SE conversion but get such a different
meaning?

Because the order of the quantifiers is reversed.
"For every x there is no y such that..." is not the same
as "There is no y such that for every x...". Logic 101 :)

co'o mi'e xorxes


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