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| H. Paul Grice: Paul Grice (1913 - 1988) was a British philosopher of language and mathemtaics. His most influential work is his theory of implicature, which describes how speakers and listeners communicate meaning beyond what is literally said. Grice's work has had a profound impact on the fields of linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. Major works are "Meaning" (1957), "Logic and Conversation" (1975), "Studies in the Way of Words" (1989).
See also Implicature, Meaning (Intending), Conventions, Communication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Max Black on Grice - Dictionary of Arguments
I 61f BlackVsGrice: Grice's theory is 1) too complicated - 2) does not cover self-talk (you do not intend to give yourself a reason...). Speaker's intention: cannot always be to produce belief in the other person: E.g. test candidate. >Knowledge paradox. Liar paradox: the liar must always tell the truth according to Grice: he has to mean "yes" when he says "no". >Paradoxes. I 64 Grice Thesis: S (speaker) means something when he intends to achieve a certain effect in L (listener), for example, that L believes that p. I 65 BlackVsGrice: that requires modifications: negative conjunctions or corresponding positive disjunctions. I 66 E.g,. there is no need to explain all infinite chess moves, but to say: "he intended the consequences of chess" is not an explanation - E.g. "keeping the king from moving", in turn, does require an explanation - that is exactly Grice's problem. - ((s) Because he assumes speaker intention which cannot be found in the rules) BlackVsSpeaker's intention - BlackVsIntended Effect. I 67 BlackVsGrice: his theory is inadequate: 1) Relying on standard effects - 2) Trust that speaker's intention brings about such effects. >Speaker's meaning, >Utterance meaning._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Black I Max Black "Meaning and Intention: An Examination of Grice’s Views", New Literary History 4, (1972-1973), pp. 257-279 In Handlung, Kommunikation, Bedeutung, G. Meggle (Hg), Frankfurt/M 1979 Black II M. Black The Labyrinth of Language, New York/London 1978 German Edition: Sprache. Eine Einführung in die Linguistik München 1973 Black III M. Black The Prevalence of Humbug Ithaca/London 1983 Black IV Max Black "The Semantic Definition of Truth", Analysis 8 (1948) pp. 49-63 In Truth and Meaning, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27