Grice writes in a seldom-quoted passage of his
Conception of Value:
The un-Carnapian character of my
constructivism
which
"would perhaps be evidenced by my idea
that to insist with respect to each stage in
metaphysical development" etc.
-- The resonances are clear.
Grice was possibly in a closety way fascinated by Carnap's attempt at a formal language, compleat perhaps even with intension. But he grew less and less confident of what he termed the 'technologies'. By the time he was lecturing the Carus, he felt decidedly un-Carnapian...
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The complete quote, Grice at his complex best, is worth retrieving in full:
ReplyDelete"The un-Carnapian character of my
constructivism would perhaps be
evidenced by my idea that to insist
with respect to each [pirotic] stage
in metaphysical develoment
upon the need for
THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION
might carry with it the thought
that to _omit_ such a stage
would be to fail to do justice
to some legitimate
metaphysical demand"
--- to think he SAID that in public gives me the trembles!
How can someone be so deep and get away with it?
If I had been in the room I'm sure I would NOT have cared to take notes?
What's the good of taking notes you later won't understand?