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Friday, March 27, 2020

H. P. Grice's five-fold event taxonomy (après von Wright)

Grice's Tabular Method (PPQ, vol. 67, p. 20)



On p. 20 of his PPQ, vol. 67, essay (one has to refer to the volume number since his "Aristotle and the multiplicity of being" is ALSO a PPQ essay), Grice has a table that has 5 items. 

Thus separated:

1. 1. phi up to t.
---2. phi into t.
---3. phi out of t (from t onwards)
---4. phi from t (phi after t)
---5. phi through t.

2.-1. below the limits of phi.
---2. within the limits of phi.
---3. above the limits of phi.

3. 1. rising thourh phi at t.
---2. falling through phi at t
---3. peaking through phi at t.
---4. bottoming with phi at t.

4. 1. rising from phi to phi' within determinable D from t1 to t2.
---2. falling from phi to phi' within determinable D from t1 to t2.

5. 1. event via determinable ("e.g. velocity").
---2. a subdeterminable (e.g. "a speed of from 40 to 50 mph")
---3. a precise determinate of D.


This, inspired by von Wright, Grice finds so much 'telling' -- and I agree -- than Davidson's meagre approach.

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