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Re: [jboske] Digest Number 134



On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 02:48:45PM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> Jordan:
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 03:29:04AM +1100, Nick Nicholas wrote:
> > > ... If propositionalism covers everything. Like I said, by the time you 
> > > get to depiction, I doubt it does 
> > 
> > I think depiction is a different issue, though:
> > 
> > Using prototype-style lo'e (which I could maybe live with, though
> > I think the statistical one is better):
> >         ti pixra da poi simsa lo'e since
> >         ti pixra lo simsa be lo'e since
> > works, I think 
> 
> They claim that any typical snake is such that this depicts
> something that resembles it. "If you're a snake, then expect
> to be resembled by something depicted by this." 
> 
> To me, that doesn't really capture any reading of "This is a 
> picture of a snake".

Use loi then.

-- 
Jordan DeLong - fracture@hidden.email
lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u
                                     sei la mark. tuen. cusku

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