H. P. Grice

E304865

analytic philosopher human philosopher philosopher of language

H. P. Grice was a British philosopher of language best known for his theory of conversational implicature and influential work on meaning and communication.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
H. P. Grice canonical	4
Grice	2
Herbert Paul Grice	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2685994 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: H. P. Grice
Context triple: [J. L. Austin, influenced, H. P. Grice]

A. J. L. Austin
J. L. Austin was a British philosopher of language best known for developing speech act theory and for his influential work on ordinary language analysis.
B. Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, mind, and action, particularly his theories of radical interpretation and anomalous monism.
C. P. F. Strawson
P. F. Strawson was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions.
D. Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
E. Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: H. P. Grice
Target entity description: H. P. Grice was a British philosopher of language best known for his theory of conversational implicature and influential work on meaning and communication.

A. J. L. Austin
J. L. Austin was a British philosopher of language best known for developing speech act theory and for his influential work on ordinary language analysis.
B. Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, mind, and action, particularly his theories of radical interpretation and anomalous monism.
C. P. F. Strawson
P. F. Strawson was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions.
D. Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
E. Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	analytic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of language ⓘ
authorOf	Studies in the Way of Words ⓘ
birthDate	1913-03-13 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1988-08-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	Clifton College ⓘ Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName	H. P. Grice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grice
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Herbert ⓘ Paul ⓘ
influenced	Donald Davidson ⓘ John Searle ⓘ Paul Gricean pragmatics tradition ⓘ contemporary pragmatics ⓘ
influencedBy	Bertrand Russell ⓘ G. E. Moore ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainInterest	communication ⓘ meaning ⓘ pragmatics ⓘ semantics ⓘ
name	H. P. Grice self-link ⓘ H. P. Grice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herbert Paul Grice
nationality	British ⓘ
notableIdea	Gricean maxims ⓘ conversational implicature ⓘ cooperative principle ⓘ intention-based theory of meaning ⓘ speaker meaning vs sentence meaning distinction ⓘ
notableWork	Logic and Conversation ⓘ Meaning ⓘ Studies in the Way of Words ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	analytic philosophy ⓘ
workLocation	Berkeley ⓘ Oxford ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

J. L. Austin → influenced → H. P. Grice ⓘ

On Referring → influencedPhilosopher → H. P. Grice ⓘ

John → influenced → H. P. Grice ⓘ

subject surface form: J. L. Austin

H. P. Grice → familyName → H. P. Grice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grice

H. P. Grice → name → H. P. Grice self-link ⓘ

H. P. Grice → name → H. P. Grice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herbert Paul Grice

Gary Grice → familyName → H. P. Grice ⓘ