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Paul Grice

1913 - 1988

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Herbert Paul Grice (13 March 1913 – 28 August 1988), usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British philosopher of language who created the theory of implicature and the cooperative principle (with its namesake Gricean maxims), which became foundational concepts in the linguistic field of pragmatics. His work on meaning has also influenced the philosophical study of semantics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Grice is the 556th most popular philosopher (down from 539th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,080th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Philosopher.

Paul Grice is most famous for his four maxims of conversation. These are: 1) Be clear, 2) Be brief, 3) Be orderly, and 4) Be relevant.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Grice ranks 556 out of 1,267. Before him are Clitomachus, William of Champeaux, Crantor, Zhou Dunyi, Cesare Ripa, and James Ussher. After him are Karl Korsch, Arete of Cyrene, Barrington Moore Jr., Bernardino Telesio, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Harriet Taylor Mill.

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Among people born in 1913, Paul Grice ranks 84. Before him are Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Sergey Mikhalkov, Roger Caillois, Israel Gelfand, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Méret Oppenheim. After him are Barrington Moore Jr., Mary Leakey, Osvaldo Moles, Alexander Pokryshkin, Bill Shankly, and Victor Mature. Among people deceased in 1988, Paul Grice ranks 51. Before him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Giuseppe Saragat, Chico Mendes, Ana Aslan, Karl August Wittfogel, and Dino Grandi. After him are Muzafer Sherif, John Carradine, Piero Taruffi, Isamu Noguchi, René Char, and Antonín Puč.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Grice ranks 1,356 out of 8,785. Before him are Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), David Warner (1941), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Thomas Browne (1605), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), and Mark Hollis (1955). After him are Ciarán Hinds (1953), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Clive Owen (1964), William Smith (1769), William Henry (1774), and W. Montgomery Watt (1909).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Paul Grice ranks 34. Before him are Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John Gray (1948), Adam Ferguson (1723), A. J. Ayer (1910), and Gilbert Ryle (1900). After him are Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Alan Watts (1915), John Austin (1790), David Hartley (1705), R. G. Collingwood (1889), and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623).

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