Re: A Proposal Regarding Logical Connectives in Vulcan I
Rob Zook 
Fri, 12 Dec 1997 00:20:32 -0600

At 09:02 PM 12/11/97 -0600, Saul wrote:
<snip>
>If I have this right, did you mean to say that implication is similar
>to "X if Y" while equivalence is similar to "X if and only if Y?"
>Because I don't see the difference between "only if" and "if and only
>if." Just curious.

I believe you have it aright. I did have trouble coming up with a 
good phrase for material implication. "X if Y" and "X if and only if Y"
seem exactly right.

>From: Rob Zook <rzook*informix,com>
>
>> Next post I'll talk about a proposal concerning prepositional 
>> connectives.
>
>I look forward to hearing what you mean by prepositional connectives.
>The kinds of things typically called prepositions in English would
>seem to have a reduced role in Vulcan because of its inflected cases.

Hmm.,again I think you've caught me in an error. Perhaps, I should 
describe what I mean as statement/sentance connectives.

Rob Z.