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Friday, October 24, 2014

Frege and Grice: or why Grice found Frege's sense 'otiose'

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Some vital statistics:

Frege was born in 1848 in Wismar, in the state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (the ..... Died 26 July 1925.

Grice born in 1913. By July 1925, then Grice was:

1925
- 1913
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12

12, not 14, as I thought.

Oddly, 12 is a crucial age.

At 12, Jenny started her studies in language too. But unlike Frege, Jenny never displayed an interest in negation.

"Jenny made her mind up when she was 12
that into furrin languages she would delve.
But at 17 to Vassar it was quite a blow
that in 27 languages she couldn't say no."

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