[lit-ideas] Re: Speak Upon the Square of Opposition
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:20:49 EST
In a message dated 2/8/2010 2:12:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wokshevs@xxxxxx writes:
Post. Anal. xv:873b to refer to the 'implicature' of
>
> "most of my children are pretty; indeed, all of them are"
W.O.: Well the feller has to decide: either they're all pretty or only
some of
them are pretty. You can't has it both ways.
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Part of the problem here is the 'ambiguity' of Greek "kheiros", "pleotes".
It can mean either 'many' and 'most'. Surely it doesn't mean 'few'.
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