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In article <qdicf2tkd1vfbj88rmtdtd44ahp1bithk3@xxxxxxx>,
Lester Zick <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:21:31 -0600, Virgil <virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >In article <hfnbf29bigsbgndc97kf4daknn7ae4scjb@xxxxxxx>,
> > Lester Zick <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:16:46 -0600, Virgil <virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <enj9f29ngo1k21std1159kfma3drdle1c5@xxxxxxx>,
> >> > Lester Zick <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 29 Aug 2006 13:53:36 -0700, "MoeBlee" <jazzmobe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Lester Zick wrote:
> >> >> >> I didn't say I'd met anyone who assumes he knows everything entirely
> >> >> >> just assorted mathematikers who assume they know everything there is
> >> >> >> to know about what little they assume they know. In the trade
> >> >> >> they're
> >> >> >> called neo platonic mystics. In other words a crank by any other
> >> >> >> name.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Mathematicians are neo platonic mystics. If only I had realized that
> >> >> >before. That trumps anything anyone could say, and makes it perfectly
> >> >> >understandable that you desire to remain as ignorant as possible of
> >> >> >mathematical logic, set theory, and all the associated mathematics.
> >> >> >Now
> >> >> >I just wish I could wash my own mind of what little I've so far
> >> >> >learned
> >> >> >about those subjects.
> >> >>
> >> >> Which if truth be the gauge appears to be very little indeed.
> >> >
> >> >As Zick keeps seeing truth, or falsehood, where there is none, it is a
> >> >gauge by which Zick is himself miniscule.
> >>
> >> Which is considerably more than your own. What's so confusing here is
> >> that if there is no truth or falsehood to what you say then why do you
> >> even bother to say it?
> >
> >There are forms of speech to which the "true/false" dichotomy does not
> >apply, interogatories, imperatives, and exclamations among them.
>
> Is there a definition mood?
The imperative mood covers the giving of directions or definitions:
"Let 'A' represent 'B' " is in the imperative mood.
It is like the assignment statement in some computer languages.
E.g., 'x := 2' assigns and 'x = 2' tests.
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> >When Zick requires such forms to be either true or false, he is asking
> >for the impossible.
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