Re: [lojban] Set of answers encore

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pycyn cusku di'e

> > (1)     la djan krici le du'u la bil se nanca
> >            le tenfa be li 389017 bei li 1/3
> >
> > (2)     la djan krici le du'u le se nanca be la bil
> >            cu tenfa li 389017 li 1/3
>
> Well, I suppose that the first is less suspect than the second, but I think
> it still runs into the problem that John doesn't even believe (we can 
> assume)
> that 73 is the cube root of 389017 and so had not such beliefs about it in
> any place in the clause.

But does my referring to 73 that way require that John also refer
to it that way in his belief? How about if I say:

  ko'a goi le tenfa be li 389017 bei li 1/3 zo'u
     la djan krici le du'u la bil nanca ko'a

Does {ko'a} carry with it the intension, or just the extension?

> Just ask him; he'll say "no."

But what should I ask him? And if he doesn't know what the referent
of {le tenfa be li 389017 bei li 1/3} is, shouldn't he rather
answer {le tenfa ku ki'a}?

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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