From pycyn@aol.com Sat Aug 18 15:05:08 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 18 Aug 2001 22:05:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 40984 invoked from network); 18 Aug 2001 22:05:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Aug 2001 22:05:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d10.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.42) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Aug 2001 22:05:08 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.4.) id r.60.12936143 (4540) for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 18:04:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <60.12936143.28b04088@aol.com> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 18:04:56 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] epistemology sumti To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_60.12936143.28b04088_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10531 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_60.12936143.28b04088_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As is usual in Lojban, "epistemology" doesn't quite mean what it would normally mean, i.e., theory of knowledge (a set of general criteria for whether or not a barticular set of beliefs constituted knowledge, based on a theory of truth, a theory about the structure and genesis of belief systems, a theory about fundamental truths or beliefs, and so on). For the most part, it means "a set of beliefs," as noted earlier. The usual default is "common sense" or "what we all believe (I believe)" and is usually the expression of naive realistic metaphysics (another thing it sometimes means). So {tu'a mi} makes perfect sense, as does spelling out some particular beliefs that relevant to the issue at hand. --part1_60.12936143.28b04088_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As is usual in Lojban, "epistemology" doesn't quite mean what it would
normally mean, i.e., theory of knowledge (a set of general criteria for
whether or not a barticular set of beliefs constituted knowledge, based on a
theory of truth, a theory about the structure and genesis of belief systems,
a theory about fundamental truths or beliefs, and so on).  For the most part,
it means "a set of beliefs," as noted earlier.  The usual default is "common
sense" or "what we all believe (I believe)" and is usually the expression of
naive realistic metaphysics (another thing it sometimes means).  So {tu'a mi}
makes perfect sense, as does spelling out some particular beliefs that
relevant to the issue at hand.   --part1_60.12936143.28b04088_boundary--