On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Pavitra <celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mr. Smith, the statement is nonsensical because referring to the >> Victory Condition of Being Bucky, without quotes, implies that there >> is such an entity that is a Victory Condition. > > A question that presupposes a falsehood may be nonsensical, but a > statement that presupposes a falsehood is simply false.
Not really. English statements, unlike logical ones, can presuppose falsehoods in ways that make them nonsensical. In this case, we don't know what Bucky is supposed to have satisfied or not satisfied, since the referent is nonsensical; calling the statement either true or false would presuppose that it is well-formed. (Reminds me of CFJ 1799; note that at the time, "nonsensical" and "too vague" were factors for UNDECIDABLE instead of UNDETERMINED.)
