Grice, a decent chap

In the development of his theory of conversation,

Grice is much exercised by the status of the

categories of psychological concepts. 

He questioned

whether the maxims were the result of entering

into a quasi-contract by engaging in conversation,

simply inductive generalisations over what people do

in fact do in conversation, or as he [GENIALLY --

SPERANZA] suggested in one rought note,

just 

"special cases of what a decent chap should do."