[YG Conlang Archives] > [jboske group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
pc:
> a.rosta@hidden.email writes:
> <<
> it is in fact helpful to think that it is more
> true that the men taller than Kareem are tall. That is, it is true
> that Kareem is tall, but even more true that the even taller guys
> are tall.
> >>
> Helpful for what/whom? Your move has the unpleasnat effect that the
> truth value of "X is tall" never reaches 1 (have to leave room for
> someone taller coming along) -- and maybe not 0 neither. Even with
> fuzzy values, which meet your problem somewhat. As a practical
> matter, we generally do draw lines on these issues and, if further
> distinctions are needed, shift to modifiers like "very," with a
> longer 0 and a shorter 1 and a shallower incline.
You misunderstand. I mean that the scale of True is unbounded; it
does not stop at 1 (the minimum threshold for wholly True). I
see the scale thus:
<-------|-----------|------>
false | 'sort-of' | true
'sort-of' = "neither wholly true nor wholly false"
"Kareem is tall" would be within the 'true' part of the scale,
but "The taller guy is tall" would be even further along it.
For {pi PA} truth values ({pi PA va'e}, {ja'a xi pi PA}),
{pi no} = wholly false, {pi ro} = wholly true.
--And.