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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Glasgwegian Impressed by Grice's Chess-Playing Abilities

-- by JLS
---- for the GC

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One reads from the obituary in St John's by Glasgwegian-born economist G. Richardson:

"I recall a particular argument between [Grice] and a very well-known philosopher who"

remains unnamed -- Glasgwegian irony of the 'VERY well-known'

"characteristically spoke and wrote in rather broad and general terms. H.P.,
with close and careful reasoning, remorsely dismantled his opponent piece
by piece."

Richardson goes on:

"There was in this something of a chess player, and indeed, H.P.
did play chess and beat me at any rate invariably".

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What rate was that?

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