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Single Idea 18045

[filed under theme 19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature ]

Full Idea

Grice's maxim of quality says one ought not to assert what one believes to be false.

Gist of Idea

Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false

Source

report of H. Paul Grice (Some Models for Implicature [1967]) by Ofra Magidor - Category Mistakes 5.2

Book Ref

Magidor,Ofra: 'Category Mistakes' [OUP 2013], p.112

A Reaction

The obvious exception is irony, where are truth is asserted, but the listener is supposed to spot that you are not really asserting it.

The 4 ideas from 'Some Models for Implicature'

18046 Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor]
22330 Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock]
18045 Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor]
18044 Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor]