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Lojban ML: Syllogism and sophism
I'm searching the ways a language like lojban could handle and explode the
common sophisms, skin deep statistic interpretations and any logic failures.
This is a rather simple and cute sophism, but the basic principle works as
well for more serious or hazardous mind errors:
Plus il y a de gruyere, plus il y a de trous.
Plus il y a de trous, moins il y a de gruyere.
The more gruyere, the more holes.
The more holes, the less gruyere.
(I'm not sure of the English translation.)
OK, the first proposition assumes a constant matter/hole ratio, while the
second one tells about a modification of this ratio.
Can you see any Lojban short expression for these propositions that would
pop up the difference?
Lionel
Lionel Bonnetier <leo@easynet.fr> Ph: +33 478 601 862