The Partially Examined Life (Citizens): (Protected Content)
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We read through Paul Grice’s 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? Follow along with us in the text.
This also serves as part three to The Partially Examined Life’s episode #325. However, this should be understandable without listening to any of that.
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