[Nomic] (proposal) we need this

Adam Biltcliffe nomic-talk at srcf.ucam.org
Tue Sep 28 01:23:02 2004


On Sep 28 2004, Stuart Moore wrote:

> Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> 
> >  a) have informed the Clerk of the Vatican that they are willing to act 
> > as Pope, and not subsequently retracted that statement
> 
> a) allows me to say I'm willing to act as pope, then retract, but not to 
> then say I'm willing again. I'm generally happy with the concept, but 
> being picky is what the game is about

I'd say that this is ambiguous at best (it depends on whether you bind the 
statement of willingness inside or outside the existential quantifier), but 
I can rephrase it if you like. I'll issue an alternative proposed phrasing 
for this rule once I see whether anyone else has objections.

Any opinions on the other three proposed rules in that email?

adam