From a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com Sun Mar 25 12:13:05 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 25 Mar 2001 20:13:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 40940 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2001 20:13:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 25 Mar 2001 20:13:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta07-svc.ntlworld.com) (62.253.162.47) by mta3 with SMTP; 25 Mar 2001 21:14:09 -0000 Received: from andrew ([62.252.13.2]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with SMTP id <20010325201303.DXEL281.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@andrew>; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:13:03 +0100 To: Cc: Subject: RE: [lojban] Random lojban questions/annoyances. Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:12:05 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal From: "And Rosta" Bob C: > Lojbab: > > > The current definition is NOT a single word, and the whole must > > be used to get the meaning. There MUST be an epistemology, ... > > Could you explain what an epistemology is, ... > > You are being confused by the English. An English dictionary writer > picks the word `know', but the lojban is `djuno' and the word > *requires* that you incorporate an > epistemology in the meaning. The epistemology may be implicit or > explicit, but it is there. If the English word `know' is misleading, > choose another that fits the lojban better for your understanding. I'm not being confused by 'know'. I want to know what a ve djuno is, and also to know how "X djuno P fo Y" and "X djuno not-P fo Z" could be true. --And.