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On 6/10/05, Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Jorge Llambías wrote:
>
> > I also have qualms about this example:
> >
> >> .i ni'i ma do krici
> >> By what logic do you believe (that)?
> >
> > but I won't push it if nobody else cares.
>
> Jorge, your criticisms are usually sound. For this reason, please do
> explain to us why you dislike the example.

The English suggests (at least to me) that the logic asked for
are the logical reasons {do} has for believeing something, but the
question as posed in Lojban is not about {do}'s reasons, it is about
some fact from which {do krici} will logically follow. "From what
premise does it logically follow that you believe?" What kind of
answer is expected to that?

I suspect the intention was the much more natural "What are the
(logical) reasons you have for believing that?" rather than
"what are the logical reasons that one would need for concluding
that you believe that?".

mu'o mi'e xorxes