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Jordan: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:33:32PM -0000, And Rosta wrote: > > The problem: to capture the difference between: > > > > 1. The lion lives in Africa. = A lion typically lives in Africa > > 2. I study the lion. != A lion typically is studied by me > > #2 is a si'o abstraction I meant not by 2 that I am a psychologist but that I am a zoologist. If #2 is a si'o abstraction then the example is irrelevant. If #2 means that I am a zoologist, then the example is not irrelevant. I intended the example in the relevant sense. --And.