On Sat, 9 Feb 2013, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Sean Hunt <scsh...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > Inquiries are judged based on the game state when they are called, this is > > inappropriate. > > That is not entirely true. Rule 591 "Inquiry Cases" states that valid > judgements are "based on the truth or falsity of the statement at the > time the inquiry case was initiated". However, only the judgements of > FALSE, TRUE, and UNDECIDABLE actually refer to the truth or falsity of > the statement. The judgement of IRRELEVANT uses the present tense, so > whether or not it is appropriate depends on the relevance of the > statement at the present time, not at the time that the case was > called. Therefore, IRRELEVANT is an appropriate judgement.
The phrasing of the IRRELEVANT clause is in a subordinate clause to the overreaching statement of timing in R591, so it is far more reasonable to go with the actual wording than a minor grammatical inconsistency. I support the request for reconsideration. -G.
