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RE: [lojban] Re: Induction



Jay:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Invent Yourself wrote:
> 
> > > induction is sucta. deduction and abduction are both tolsucta. 
> deduction is
> > > the logical reverse of abduction.
> >
> > Thank you! But shouldn't we distinguish abduction from deduction? And
> > where does nibli fit in?
> 
> Seems like you could distinguish between abduction and deduction by
> specifying (with bi'u) which place was the conclusion.

{bi'u} specifies what is new to the addressee in the discourse context.
So it won't do the job you want it to, assuming you're looking for
brivla for "abduce" and "deduce".

--And.