* Monday, 2011-10-17 at 07:30 -0700 - John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com>:
> But "I like lions" has nothing to do with lionness, just lions.
What does it have to do with any lions? You can like lions without
liking (even potentially) any lions.
> As for getting rid of disjunctive predication, if you allow plural
> reference, you are stuck with all the consequences (you are stuck with
> them even if you use sets to cover up the problem in singular
> reference).
Why would plural reference lead you to using disjunctive predication?
> It seems to me ythat the problems arise when you get away from basics
> and try messing around with things like kinds or nesses (we have both,
> of course, but they come in overtly, not sub rosa).
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Martin Bays <mbays@sdf.org>
> To: lojban@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Sun, October 16, 2011 10:51:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural
> variable
>
> * Sunday, 2011-10-16 at 20:09 -0700 - John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com>:
>
> > Ahah! "I ate disjunctively of something you like generally" or some such.
>
> Something along those lines, yes.
>
> The context here is that we're trying to see what happens if we throw
> kinds out of the window (and also disjunctive predication, in whatever
> sense it was there), and try to make do with normal things - including
> properties, which I hope can replace pure-kind predications of the "I
> like lions" kind (think of it as "I like lionness").
>
> Martin
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Martin Bays <mbays@sdf.org>
> > To: lojban@googlegroups.com
> > Sent: Sun, October 16, 2011 8:56:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural
> > variable
> >
> > * Sunday, 2011-10-16 at 20:49 -0300 - Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> > > (2) ca lo prulamnicte mi citka su'o da poi do nelci ke'a
> > > "Last night I ate something you like."
> > >
> > > You want to accept (1) but reject (2), even though to me they have the
> > > exact same logical structure.
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