Paul Grice Philosopher and Linguist

This is the first ever book-length study of the full range of Grice's work. Paul Grice's theory of conversation is central, core study for all linguistics students. It uses unpublished work to assess Grice's other philosophical work - he was in the circle of Austin and Strawson at Oxford, UK and was a colleague of Searle at Berkeley, USA. It is one of the first discussions of Grice's later, recently published work. Much of the research in the book draws on Grice's collected unpublished papers at Berkeley. It includes description of Grice's character and life, especially where relevant to his intellectual developmentPaul Grice (1913-1988) is best known for his psychological account of meaning, and for his theory of conversational implicature, although these form only part of a large and diverse body of work. This is the first book to consider Grice's work as a whole. Drawing on the range of his published writing, and also on unpublished manuscripts, lectures and notes, Siobhan Chapman discusses the development of Grice's ideas and relates his work to the major events of his intellectual and professional life.