Subject: Re: [lojban] Attitudinals again (was: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 05:39:50 -0400

At 03:41 PM 06/14/2001 -0400, Invent Yourself wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:
> > >You displayed it through the use of "gleki".
> >
> > No. He CLAIMED it - he might have done so in a monotone, and he might have
> > falsely claimed it. Assertions can be true or false. Emotional displays
> > simply ARE.
>
>With a fake smile or a contrived tantrum, emotional displays can be
>faked. They are assertions of ones feelings, no?

Lojban design does not recognize the possibility of false 
attitudinals. Hopefully it will never need to.

lojbab
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