Well, if your first conditional is a premise and your second conditional a conclusion from it, and if the validity of the inference is accepted by the majority of lit-ideas regular irregulars, then definitely lit-ideas is out of business. (And I don't particularly care what Grice has to say on the matter.) Confession: To this day I, like Augustine, continue to wish for the innocence of Maria Gambrelli. (We mean *legal* innocence.) Walter Casimir Okshevsky, PhD Peter Sellars Chair of Logic and Film Studies Pink Panther University Paris, France Quoting Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>: > Just a test to see if lit-ideas is still in business. > > If this reaches me, I'll know it is. If it doesn't reach > me, I'll not know much. > > As Wittgenstein said, be careful what you wish for. > > RP > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html