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Friday, April 3, 2020

H. P. Grice reminisces on Richard Robinson's criterion for ontological acceptability: "You name it."

"It is obvious that VERY MANY WIDELY
different answers have at one time or another
been put forward; some of them have been
WILDLY GENEROUS like Richard Robinson's
'You name it,' since anything you can [actually]
_mention_ will win its share of the prize; some
of them have been REMARKABLY NIGGARDLY, like
what Broad [an otherwise tolerable philosopher]
once [and just once] reported to be Hegel's
solitary selection, namely the Kingdom
of Prussia."

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