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British philosopher of language (1913–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the British civil servant, see Paul Grice (civil servant).
Herbert Paul Grice (13 March 1913 – 28 August 1988),[1] usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British philosopher of language who created the theory of implicature and the cooperative principle (with its namesake Gricean maxims), which became foundational concepts in the linguistic field of pragmatics. His work on meaning has also influenced the philosophical study of semantics.
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Herbert Paul Grice | |
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Born | (1913-03-13)13 March 1913 |
Died | 28 August 1988(1988-08-28) (aged 75) |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Main interests | |
Notable ideas | Implicature · speaker meaning · Gricean maxims · Grice's paradox · Causal theory of perception |
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