[lojban] Re: The Any thread

[robin <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

Craig wrote:
> > > But, doctors do exist, and if they didn't there wouldn't be one I don't
> > > need. And claims that the existence of a specific doctor that I don't
> need
>
> > > falsifies my reading of "mi nitcu lo mikce", but I claim the existence of
> a
>
> > > specific doctor that I do need would falsify it, and e is just
> > > misinterpreting.
>
> > No, you can need something that doesn't exist.
>
>
> I need the doctor to exist, and I need a doctor. I can't need the doctor if
> the doctor is nonexistant. 

If I want to make a potion that requires powdered unicorn horn, then I 
need a unicorn horn.  The fact that unicorns don't exist has nothing to 
do with it.

robin.tr

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mean that a bag of raisins is better than a cake."
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Robin Turner
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Bilkent Univeritesi
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