The predecessors of Edmond Wright

Edmond Wright, whom we all love, is cited by R. E. Dale in his PhD dissertation, 'The theory of meaning':

Wright writes about Bennett's 'common place' of "meaning as intending" (in Linguistic Beahviour) but without quoting him and writes:

"H. P. Grice has been notable in
developing this approach theoretically, but
without making reference to his predecessors."

--- which isn't strictly _true_. If Wright is referring to Grice's mimeo, "Meaning" (1948, for a 'private' seminar, as it were, with Strawson, at Oxford) Grice at least does mention the circularities in the sensationalist approach by C. L. Stevenson.

True, by 1957, when "Meaning" got published, Stevenson was a thing of the past. But by the time Grice handwrote those notes, Stevenson was not. The "Ethics and Language" was just a hot cake out of the presses, as it were (Yale, 1944). Recall this was wartime, almost. So, Grice was possibly fascinated that he was able to consult this 'new' book by Stevenson and make some commentary about it, as to whether

those spots

really _'mean'_ measles or just 'mean' it.

There is a lot of psychologism in the work of Stevenson. He is, after all, a successor to pragmatists like Morris and Peirce. So Grice may not need to have made it explicit that it was THAT line of theorists he was associating or disassociating himself with and from. Etc.