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xod:
> (Using xa'i = intension)
>
> lo'e'e cipni is the intension of the set of birds.
So is {ka ce'u cipni}.
> When we make claims
> about the intension, we're talking about the definition of Bird.
For such things, use ka.
> If I see
> the intension, mi viska lo xa'i cipni, it means that the definition of
> cipnihood is being seen by me.
You're free to define your experimentals how you want, but when you see
Mr Bird, you are seeing the definition of birdhood only in a nonstandard
(but valid) sense of 'definition' -- definition not in terms of a set of
statements/propositions, but in terms of being either the embodiment of
or the template for birdhood.
--And.