In the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (vol. 67) essay, on p. 28, Grice refers back to his
identificatory/non-identificatory distinction.
His example is
i. Robert's mother would not denounce him to the police.
Grice is criticising Davidson, for Davidson seems unable to attach a "non-identificatory" status to notably identificatory devices such as a definite description is -- as Donnellan well knew.
In
i. Robert's mother would not denounce him to the police.
the utterance
In
i. Robert's mother would not denounce him to the police.
the utterance
(a) REFERS BOTH to "a particular lady"
and, at the same time
and, at the same time
(b) "gives a description of this lady" -- a description which explains or is otherwise relevant
to the presence (or absence) of the phenomenon mentioned in the predicate."
to the presence (or absence) of the phenomenon mentioned in the predicate."
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