Grice himself -- Grice his self

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Of course, when we speak of self-identity we should be reminded of B. A. O. Williams, sometime Oxonian philosopher, and his "Problems of the Self".

Grice's first published essay was indeed on "Personal identity", which is an analysis of "self" or "I" sentences:

"He hit the head with the cricket bat"
"He fell from the stairs"
"He is thinking of joining the army".

Grice comes up with a neo-Lockean theory based on mnemonic states, which, years later, will fascinate Perry, who will re-edit the essay (originally in "Mind" in 1941) with my favourite publishing house after Oxford's Clarendon Pres: University of California Press at Berkeley! (and paperback too!)