Grice's Slide Show: Pegasus

This is the slide Grice presents for Marmaduke Bloggs:

1. To say, "Marmaduke Bloggs is at this party" would be to say something which is not true. Mutatis mutandis: "Pegasus flew to kill the Chimera".

2. To say, "It is NOT true that Marmaduke Bloggs is at this party" would be to say something which IS true.
Obvious: if p is false, ~p is true. This pretty transparent a neo-Strawsonian finds hard to understand!

3. To say "Marmaduke Bloggs is not at this party" would be to say somehting which is true".
Obvious: for 'it is not true' translates, sort of, as ~p.

4. Marmaduke Bloggs is not at this party.
Similarly, Pegasus never flew.

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5. Grice writes: "Marmaduke Bloggs can be truly said not to be at this party".

And the square circle can be truly said to be one of the stupidest French ideas ever!



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6. Grice writes: "Someone (viz. Marmaduke Bloggs) can TRULY be said not be at this party.

--- Similarly, if it's too hot it's unsensible to wear panties?

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7. Grice writes: "Someone is not at this party (viz. Marmaduke Bloggs)."

Neither is Marilyn Monroe, alas.

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