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Synopsis
Grice found his primary voice in only a few short articles, but those articles have been extremely influential in both philosophy and linguistics. Chapman (English, U. of Liverpool) gives these articles their due, such as his delineation of the theory of conversation but concentrates on the vast amount of work Grice produced that has been virtually ignored in meaning, reference, logic, metaphysics, ethics, and especially pragmatics. Chapman also provides a very interesting chapter on Grice's contributions to American formalism and the dual concepts of metaphysics and value. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR