The Grice-Myro Theory of Identity

Grice, whose ego could multiply and reduce (multiply as in "Time and the Grices": a revision of Grice's theory of personal identity in terms of total temporary states") and reduce as when he co-wrote, "In defense of an underdog" with his friend Peter (Strawson) often referred to what he called,

"The Grice-Myro theory of identity"

A rehush of Prior? We don't think so!

But THAT South-African Balliolite _was_ a genius!

From
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-925607-1

and vis a vis M. Doctorow's comments elsewhere:

1 Changes in Events and Changes in Things

2 Fugitive Truth

3 On Spurious Egocentricity

4 The Formalities of Omniscience

5 Contemplation and Action

6 The Consequences of Actions

7 Limited Indeterminism

8 Identifiable Individuals

9 Time, Existence and Identity

10 Recent Advances in Tense Logic

11 Tense Logic and the Logic of Earlier and Later

12 The Logic of Ending Time

13 Stratified Metric Tense Logic

14 'Now'

15 Tensed Propositions as Predicates

16 Quasi-Propositions and Quasi Individuals

17 Egocentric Logic

18 Worlds, Times and Selves

19 Tense-Logic for Non-Permanent Existents

20 Modal Logic and the Logic of Applicability


Surely you'll agree that stratified metric tense logic has a Gricean/Myrean ring to it?

JLS