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Re: [jboske] The ugly head of ni

In a message dated 11/7/2002 4:15:30 PM Central Standard Time, a.rosta@hidden.email writes:
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If ni + ce'uless bridi is a function from the bridi to the amount
that the world would have to change in order for the bridi to
become false (if it is true) or true (if it is false), then
ni + ce'uful bridi would presumably be some kind of function
from relations to some sort of amount. But I can make no sense
of that. What sort of amount would it be?

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Actually, I think {ni ko'a} is a property had by exactly one thing: according to you,  the amount the world has to change to change the truth value [I don't really understand this, and what I do understand makes it clearly wrong, but that is another issue.  Later] So, {ni ce'u} is going to be a function from whatever fills in for the {ce'u} to the value of the {ni ko'a} for the broidi that results from the filling in. By you, again, these are amounts of change required to change the truth value of the bridi.  That is what lambda does.