Quinton snaps at Grice (p. 344 of The nature of things, 1973)

-- by JLS
---- for the GC

--- The online review of "The nature of things" discusses the 'snap' method by Quinton:

"Quinton's method is to survey the

arguments from a chosen range

of recent articles, and to conclude

with a snap decision, often

wittily expressed. Cynics may wonder

whether the wit will not be remembered

after the argument has been forgotten.

Snap decisions ... in which

Grice's theory of meaning (p.344) is

dismissed in one paragraph gives

the cynic's view some substance."

------ (Review of Quinton, in Mind 1976).