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grice

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grice.

Editorial note

This section of the article is interesting: Philosopher Paul Grice suggested a handful of simple rules that apply ‘to conversation as such, regardless of its subject matter’ [106].

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grice gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

verb

(UK, rail transport, slang) to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.

noun

(now Scotland) A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grice.

noun

A surname.

verb

(UK, rail transport, slang) to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.

noun

(now Scotland) A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.

Example sentences

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This section of the article is interesting: Philosopher Paul Grice suggested a handful of simple rules that apply ‘to conversation as such, regardless of its subject matter’ [106].

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And an important point is that Grice notes a maxim of relevance: relevant _information_.

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Even beyond that you have a ton of pragmatics post-grice to deal with.

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Wipe a tiny amount of Grice’s Razor over the post and you should inevitably reach a grossly different interpretation.

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This is interesting, what kind of prompt or preprompting do you use to get it to notice things like Grice's Maxims violations?

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Following Paul Grice's principles you get more normal and effective communication.

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I found the concept of Grice's Maxims the other day, and it feels very relevant.

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In conversation they would break one of Grice's maxims.

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The alternative, that you are asserting with no justification that the conduct is bad, and also remarking, apropos of nothing, that the law prohibits it, violates Grice's maxim of relevance.

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Logically it doesn’t, but in actual good-faith communication people usually follow Grice’s relevance maxim[1]: the points they mention are relevant to the conversation and the point they’re making.

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After some poking around to give it’s “system prompt”(long when it came back and prompt injection was a cool thing)., it said it was using some conversational frameworks like Grice’s principle etc.

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I'm sure you've come across Grice's Maxim of Relevance.

Quote examples

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After some poking around to give it’s “system prompt”(long when it came back and prompt injection was a cool thing)., it said it was using some conversational frameworks like Grice’s principle etc.

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Take Paul Grice's Maxims for conversational exchange: Many maxims are at play, and we shouldn't expect for anyone to be "in control" of their execution of a maxim (maxim of relevance, truth, etc.).

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Yes, and in the real world where Grice's Maxim of Relevance is in force, then when the secrets issuer that is the subject of the discussion isn't one of those partners, then an informative "reminder" that GitHub "has a secret scanning program" with a bunch of other partners is not actually informative.

Proper noun examples

1

Wipe a tiny amount of Grice’s Razor over the post and you should inevitably reach a grossly different interpretation.

2

This is interesting, what kind of prompt or preprompting do you use to get it to notice things like Grice's Maxims violations?

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Following Paul Grice's principles you get more normal and effective communication.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grice in a sentence?

This section of the article is interesting: Philosopher Paul Grice suggested a handful of simple rules that apply ‘to conversation as such, regardless of its subject matter’ [106].

What does grice mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is grice?

grice is commonly used as noun, verb.