Lexicon 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.