Closereads: Paul Grice's "Logic and Conversation" (Part One)

Mark and Wes go line by line through the 1975 ordinary language philosophy paper. What are the assumptions behind everyday conversation? When someone violates a conversational norm by, e.g., giving too much information or stating something literally untrue, what are the strategies by which we try to make sense of what they're saying as still a sensible contribution to the conversation? Read along with us: partiallyexami....
This also serves as part three to The Partially Examined Life's episode 325. Here's part one: • Partially Examined Lif... . However, this is a standalone analysis and should be understandable without listening to any of that.
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