From cowan@ccil.org Mon Feb 18 18:33:32 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_2); 19 Feb 2002 02:33:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 65551 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2002 02:32:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 19 Feb 2002 02:32:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Feb 2002 02:32:37 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16d05I-0005Gj-00; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:32:48 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: [loglanists] Sets In-Reply-To: <17d.3ce5b10.29a30645@aol.com> from "pycyn@aol.com" at "Feb 18, 2002 08:37:09 pm" To: pycyn@aol.com Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:32:48 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan pycyn@aol.com scripsit: > one using number + predicate directly (= "All swans"), the other > using a bound variable and a relative clause ("All X such that").> > > At last! Can I take this as the official word? No more changing next week, > when I try to rely on this? No smooth-talking logicians muddying the water? Well, let's say that you and I take this view. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --_The Hobbit_