[lit-ideas] Never Explain, Never Complain: The Implicatures
- From: "Luigi Speranza" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "jlsperanza" for DMARC)
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 21:25:36 -0400
On Jul 8, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I wrote earlier, I borrowed a maxim from Wittgenstein, 'Better no
explanation than nonsense.'
Witters as Austin called him. He found the "ttgenst" a difficult cluster.
Some (+> people) like Witters, but Moore's MY man.
Grice followed Witters's maxim:
i. This is nonsense.
ii. Therefore, we have no explanation.
iii. Which is fine, given what my aunt likes to say:
iv. Never explain, never complain.
v. Complain about what?
vi. That's the implicature.
Cheers
Speranza------------------------------------------------------------------
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