Re: [lojban] according to

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 07:12:48 tijlan wrote:
> What would be the difference from {cu'u}?

"cu'u" is used to attribute a quotation to someone; see my sig. "xu'a" would 
be used to attribute an assertion to someone. You could repeat his assertion 
without getting anywhere near his words, and attribute it to him with "xu'a". 
Conversely, someone could say something which is not an assertion, and you 
attribute it to him with "cu'u".

> Also, note that the definition of {xusra} says "can be used for
> epistemology of authority". Epistemology. That's djuno4. I
> occasionally use {vedu'o} for "according to".

I would use "vedu'o" for the method of reasoning that results in knowledge, 
rather than the person who says something is true. I've met people who appear 
to believe that the earth is both six thousand years old and over a billion 
years old; the velju'o is different. Me, if I try to interpret the beginning of 
Genesis as that God created all the stars in one 24-hour day, and a few days 
later created man, the interpretation falls apart immediately: in what 
reference frame are they all created in one day? I don't disbelieve in the 
Garden of Eden because science does not assert its existence, but applying the 
same velju'o, I conclude that the Garden of Eden was in Africa and someone 
named the Mesopotamian rivers after old names of African ones. If I understand 
"ve djuno" right.

Pierre
-- 
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.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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