[lit-ideas] Re: Grice on Nihilism

  • From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:38:01 -0700 (PDT)

I wonder who Grice is ? Never heard of the guy.   :)))


O.K.




________________________________
 From: Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:22 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Grice on Nihilism
 

Well at least we're not making jokes about German sausages. They're the wurst
kind.

Grading, grading, grating,  Walter


Quoting Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>:

> Nihilism? Nothing to it.
> 
> Robert Paul
> 
> > Grice wrote "Vacuous Name" as a tribute to Quine  (of all people! and on
> > all topics!). Grice argues for the sense (if not  sensibility) of using
> stuff
> > like "Marmaduke Bloggs" to talk about someone who  doesn't really exist
> (he
> > who climbed Mt Everest on hands and  knees).
> >
> > Similarly, he (Grice) would have a word or two about  nothing.
> >
> > (Formulate Nihilism using Grice's predicate calculus alla
> > Whitehead/Russell)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
> digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
> 


This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at
http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html

Other related posts: