knowledge, lojban and English

[Robin Turner <robin@BILKENT.EDU.TR>]

I agree with the idea that Lojban words need to be more than handles for
English words, otherwise we end up facing the same philosophical disputes
that attatch to the English equivalents.  On this subject, I just found a
nice quote from Leo Bloomfield:

"A good deal of what passes for 'logic' or 'metaphysics' is merely an
incompetent restating of the chief categories of the philosopher's
language."  (1933:270)

which is what, I presume, we are trying to avoid with Lojban!


Robin Turner

Bilkent Universitesi,
IDMYO,
Ankara,
Turkey.

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