On 26 June 2012 13:25, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:"Sentience" isn't limited to the capability to think. It includes
> I would translate "sentient being" as {lo kakne lo nu te sibdo}, and
> possibly luvjoize it as {lo tersi'oka'e} (someone with better lujvo skills
> than I can criticize) because the key point of the term is sentience, which
> is the capability to think, and everything else are red herrings.
mechanisms for primitive senses such as pleasure and pain. As far as I
can tell, "sentient beings" refers to whatever individuals that can
receive physical stimuli as sensory information, which includes
non-humans (hence its significance in animal rights movements). That
sounds like simply {lo ganse}.
OED:
"sentient" -- able to see or feel things through the senses
Other references:
http://ciwf.org.uk/animal_sentience/policy_and_culture/suggested_reading/default.aspx
http://www.d.umn.edu/~dcole/sense5.html
http://www.rfreitas.com/Astro/Xenopsychology.htm
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So that was my example of commenting on a technical term for a Lojban
equivalent. Will such be best pursued on Escape's wiki, or on
Lojban.org, or on mailing lists (including jbovlaste's)?
mu'o
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