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by playdead 1924 days ago
Software people with philosophy backgrounds (there are a lot of us!) will be quick to note that Grice did not intend these to be understood as rules of thumb for regular people. But if it gets ordinary citizens interested in philosophy of language, theories of rationality, or game theoretic ideas about convention (cf. David Lewis), then I don't mind some innocent misappropriation.