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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Pirot Walk, The Pirot Talk

The idea is Russell's -- developed by Carnap. -- Exploited by Grice. And then they say Grice was a member of the Austin school of ordinary language! He was a closet formal semanticist! With a twist!

JL

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Three Google Hits for the Record:

A Logician of Scienceby H Cairns - 1946

From Pirots karulize elatically and A is a Pirot,
we can infer that A karulizes elatically, without
knowing the meaning of the three words ...
www.jstor.org/stable/27537666

The Place of Logic in a World of Factby LO Kattsoff - 1949

Carnap's example that "from Pirots karulize elatically
and A is a Pirot, we can infer
A karulizes elatically" also
involves definite assumptions, ...

www.jstor.org/stable/2103252

A Preface to Logic

Professor Carnap defends the position that
logical inference is independent of
meaning by an example:
From Pirots karulize
elatically and A is a Pirot, ...

www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=6303302

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