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xod: > Also, a long argument concluded that, sometimes, the pure > emotional indicators could affect truth, and that propositional attitude > indicators don't always. That debate happened at a time when I was too busy to keep up with the list. Is there any chance of someone outlining the conclusions on the wiki (on a page under Proposed Interpretive Conventions), like I did for the big ka debate? > And the Book itself says "In fact, the entire distinction between pure > emotions and propositional attitudes is itself a bit shaky: ``.u'u'' can > be seen as a propositional attitude indicator meaning ``I regret that > ....'', and ``a'e'' (discussed below) can be seen as a pure emotion meaning > ``I'm awake/aware''. The division of the attitudinals into pure-emotion > and propositional-attitude classes in this chapter is mostly by way of > explanation; it is not intended to permit firm rulings on specific points. > " This is reasonable enough, because linguists and cognitive scientists (and perhaps psychologists -- but I don't know about that) find it very difficult or impossible to disentangle emotion and propositional attitude. --And.