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Sunday, February 27, 2011

H. Paul and Grice on meaning

From online thesis by Dale, "Theory of meaning", footnote to ch. ii:

"Stout"

--- I think Grice oddly quotes him in "Intention and uncertainty" as he discussed Prichard"

"quotes [H.] Paul's glosses of these: "occasional signification" is that "of a word each time that it is employed", and the "usual signification" is "that which by usage attaches to it considered in itself" (Stout (1891), p. 194)."

Dale adds:

"But Stout insists immediately upon mentioning the usefulness of Paul's distinction that it "must be noticed, however, that the usual signification is, in a certain sense, a fiction" (Ibid.)."

Interesting. ("If you are into that sort of thing," my aunt adds).

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