On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 14:21, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > > Because I'm the Crown Prince... I pay a fee to move the player > immediately above me on the list of succession down one place on the list of > succession. > > This fee should be 0. > > Er, actually, the rebellion question makes Yally's position uncertain. > I CFJ on the following statement, barring Yally: > > If Yally was not the Crown Prince at the time e made the announcement > quoted in Evidence, eir attempted action did not occur. > > Arguments: > Is the "Because..." clause a conditional, or not? > > Evidence: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > > Because I'm the Crown Prince... I pay a fee to move the player > > immediately above me on the list of succession down one place on > > the list of succession. This fee should be 0. > > -G. > Gratuitous: The structure of my sentence purports that I believed that I was Crown Prince, and that I therefore took an action. That is I purported something to be true, and then because I believed it to be true, I took an action. This is distinct from saying IF something is true, I took an action. If I were not actually Crown Prince when I said that, then the only thing I accomplished was saying something untrue.
