Doctrines of Maybe: 7 truth values

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From: Amos Omondi
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 02:36

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I read [*] that an ancient Hindu sect, the Jains, rejected the law of
the excluded middle and instead believed in seven truth values,
yielding their Doctrines of Maybe.  Anyone know how they characterized
these seven shades of truth?

	There are still about 100 million Jains around.  Why don't you 
	ask in soc.culture.indian or look around for someone whose 
	surname is "Jain".

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