On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:39:58PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Observation is implicitly defined here by measurement capable of > selecting alternatives on which we are able to bet (or to gamble ?). > The french word is "parier". >
Well at least this isn't a problem of translation. But I still have
difficulty in understanding why Pp=Bp & -B-p should be translated into
English as "to bet on p" (or for that matter pourquoi on devrait
le traduire par "a parier a p")
For me Bp & -B-p is simply a statement of consistency - perhaps what
we mean by mathematical truth.
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