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Finding Aid to the H. Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989

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Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 1 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989

Collection Number: BANC MSS 90/135

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: March 2010 © 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary Collection Title: H. Paul Grice papers Date (inclusive): 1947-1989, Date (bulk): bulk 1960-1989 Collection Number: BANC MSS 90/135 Creator : Grice, H. P. (H. Paul) Extent: Number of containers: 10 cartonsLinear feet: 12.5 Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: The H. Paul. Grice Papers (1947-1989) consist of publications, unpublished works, and correspondence from the notable English philosopher of H. Paul Grice, during his years as Professor Emeritus at Oxford until 1967 and the University of California, Berkeley until his death in 1988. Also included are extensive notes and research Grice conducted on theories of language and theories of reason, trust, and value. His most popular lectures, including the lectures, , , Urbana lectures, and Kant lectures are all documented as drafts and finalized forms of transcripts and audio files within the collection. Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Preferred Citation [Identification of item], H. Paul Grice Papers, BANC MSS 90/135, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 2 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Alternate Forms Available There are no alternate forms of this collection. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Grice, H. P. (H. Paul)--Archives Language and languages-- Philosophy of mind Faculty papers. Manuscripts for publication. Acquisition Information The H. Paul Grice papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Kathleen Grice on March 9, 1990 Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2009-2010. Biographical Information Herbert Paul Grice, born in 1913 in Birmingham, England, obtained his degree at Corpus Christi College in Oxford, where he returned to teach until 1967 after providing teaching services at a public school in Rossall. In 1967, H.P. Grice moved to California, becoming a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley where he remained until his death in 1988. His long list of contributions during his teaching career include the William James Lectures from 1967-1968, his publication of "Utterer's , -Meaning, and Word-Meaning," from 1968-1969, his Urbana lectures presented in 1970, "Logic and Conversation," published in 1975, Kant lectures delivered in 1978-1977, presented in 1978-1979, and Carus lectures presented in 1983. Grice's publications and lectures are compilations of his extensive research performed in the , metaphysics, Aristotelian philosophy, philosophy of mind, and ethics. Grice is also attributed with coining the word "" in 1968 to describe speakers, and for defining his own paradox known as "Grice's paradox," introduced in Grice's "Studies in the Way of Words," (1989) a volume of all his publications and writings. Scope and Content of Collection The H.P. Grice Papers (1947-1989) consists of publications, unpublished works, and correspondence from the notable English philosopher of language H. Paul Grice during his years as Professor Emeritus at Oxford until 1967 and University of California, Berkeley until his death in 1988. Also included are extensive notes and research, some in the form of audio files, Grice conducted on his theories of language semantics and theories of reason, trust, and value. His most popular lectures, including the John Locke lectures, William James lectures, Carus lectures, Urbana lectures, and Kant lectures are all documented as drafts and finalized forms of transcripts and audio files within the collection. Also included in the H.P. Grice collection is Grice's research on Aristotelian philosophy with Judith Baker and metaphysics with George Myro, his other research focusing on the philosophy of the mind with such subjects as . Also included is documentation of Grice's involvement with the American Psychological Association (APA) during his professorship at UC Berkeley.

Series 1 Correspondence 1947-1988 Physical Description: Carton 1 (folders 1-15) Arrangement Arranged alphabetically according to last name; followed by general correspondence Scope and Content Note Series includes correspondence with Grice's student and colleague Judith Baker, and colleagues Bealer, Warner, and Wyatt addressing various forms of his research on philosophy.

Carton 1, Folder 1 Bennett, Jonathan Circa 1984

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 3 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 1Correspondence 1947-1988

Carton 1, Folder 2 Baker, Judith Undated Carton 1, Folder 3 Bealer, George 1987 Carton 1, Folder 4 Code, Alan 1980 Carton 1, Folders Suppes, Patrick 1977-1982 5-6 Carton 1, Folders Warner, Richard 1971-1975 7-8 Carton 1, Folder 9 Wyatt, Richard 1981 Carton 1, Folders General to H.P. Grice 1947-1986 10-12 Carton 1, Folders General 1972-1988 13-14 Carton 1, Folder Various published papers on Grice 1968 15 Series 2 Publications 1957-1989 Physical Description: Carton 1 (folders 16-31), Cartons 2-4 Arrangement Arranged chronologically; Arranged alphabetically for those publications without dates Scope and Content Note Series includes published papers, drafts and notes that accompany their publications, unpublished papers along with their drafts and/or notes, and published transcripts of his various lectures (William James, Urbana, Carus, John Locke). Also included is Grice's volume "Studies in the Way of Words" which is compilation of all his other published works including, "Meaning," "Utterer's Meaning," and "Logic and Conversation."

Carton 1, Folder "Meaning" 1957 16 Carton 1, Folders "Meaning Revisited" 1957, 1976-1980 17-18 Carton 1, Folder Oxford Philosophy - Linguistic Botanizing 1958 19 Carton 1, Folder "Descartes on 'Clear and Distinct Perception'" 1966 20 Carton 1, Folders "Logic and Conversation" 1966-1975 21-23 Carton 1, Folders William James Lectures 1967 24-26 Carton 1, Folder "Utterer's Meaning, Sentence-Meaning, and Word-Meaning" 1968 27 Carton 1, Folders "Utterer's Meaning and Intentions" 1969 28-30 Carton 1, Folder "Vacuous Names" 1969 31 Carton 2, Folders "Vacuous Names" 1969 1-4 Carton 2, Folders Urbana Lectures 1970-1971 5-7 Carton 2, Folder 8 Urbana Lectures - Lecture IX 1970-1971 Carton 2, Folders "Intention and Uncertainty" Circa 1971 9-10 Carton 2, Folder "Probability, Desirability, and Mood Operators" 1971-1973 11 Carton 2, Folders Carus Lectures I-III 1973 12-13 Carton 2, Folders Carus Lectures 1986 14-16

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 4 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 2Publications 1957-1989

Carton 2, Folders "Reply to Davidson on 'Intending'" 1974 17-18 Carton 2, Folders "Method in Philosophical Psychology" 1974 19-21 Carton 2, Folders "Two Chapters on Incontinence" with Judith Baker Circa 1976 22-23 Carton 2, Folder "Further Notes on Logic and Conversation" Circa 1977 24 Carton 2, Folder " and Conversational Implicature" 1977-1981 25 Carton 2, Folders "Freedom and Morality in Kant's Foundations" 1978 26-28 Carton 2, Folders John Locke Lectures "Aspects of Reason" 1979 29-30 Carton 3, Folders Actions and Events Circa 1985 1-5 Carton 3, Folder 6 Postwar Oxford Philosophy 1986 Carton 3, Folders "Studies in the Way of Words" 1986-1989 7-21 Carton 3, Folders "Retrospective Foreword" 1987 22-25 Carton 3, Folder "Retrospective Epilogue" 1987 26 Carton 4, Folder 1 "Retrospective Epilogue" 1987 Carton 4, Folder 2 "Retrospective Epilogue and Foreword" 1987 Carton 4, Folders "Metaphysics, Philosophical Eschatology, and 's Republic" 1988 3-4 Carton 4, Folder 5 Grice Reprints 1953-1986 Carton 4, Folder 6 " on Being and Good" Undated Carton 4, Folder 7 "Aristotle on the Multiplicity of Being" Undated Carton 4, Folder 8 "Aristotle: Pleasure" Undated Carton 4, Folder 9 "Conversational Implicative" Undated Carton 4, Folder "Negation I" Undated 10 Carton 4, Folder "Negation II" Undated 11 Carton 4, Folder "Personal Identity" (including notes on Hume) Undated 12 Carton 4, Folder "Philosopher's Paradoxes" Undated 13 Carton 4, Folder "A Philosopher's Prospectus" Undated 14 Carton 4, Folder "Philosophy and Ordinary Language" Undated 15 Carton 4, Folder Some Reflections about Ends and Happiness Undated 16 Carton 4, Folders Reflections on Morals with Judith Baker Undated 17-25 Carton 4, Folder "Reply to Anscombe" Undated 26 Carton 4, Folders "Reply to Richards" Undated 27-30

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 5 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 3Teaching Materials 1964-1983

Series 3 Teaching Materials 1964-1983 Physical Description: Carton 5, Carton 6 (folders 1-3) Arrangement Arranged chronologically; alphabetical for those teaching materials without dates. Scope and Content Note Includes seminars and lectures given during Grice's years as a Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley.

Carton 5, Folder 1 Student Notes on Grice's Seminar at Cornell 1964 Carton 5, Folder 2 Grice Seminar 1969 Carton 5, Folder 3 Philosophy 290-2 with Judith Baker 1992 Carton 5, Folder 4 Philosophy 290-2 1993 Carton 5, Folders Seminar on Kant's Ethical Theory 1974-1977 5-6 Carton 5, Folder 7 Seminar on "Aristotle Ethics" 1975-1996 Carton 5, Folder 8 Philosophy 290, Kant Seminar with Judith Baker 1976-1977 Carton 5, Folder 9 "Kant's Ethics," Volume II 1977 Carton 5, Folders Kant Lectures 1977 10-13 Carton 5, Folders Philosophy 290 1977-1978 14-15 Carton 5, Folders "Kant's Ethics," Volume III 1978 16-17 Carton 5, Folder and Seminar 1979-1980 18 Carton 5, Folders Seminar on Kant's Ethics, Volume V 1980-1982 19-21 Carton 5, Folder Philosophy 200. Grice and Myro 1982 22 Carton 5, Folder Notes on Kant 1982 23 Carton 5, Folder Metaphysics and the Language of Philosophy 1983 24 Carton 5, Folder Seminar on Freedom Undated 25 Carton 5, Folder Grice Lectures Undated 26 Carton 5, Folders Seminar on Kant's Ethics Undated 27-28 Carton 5, Folder "The Criteria of Intelligence" Lectures II-IV Undated 29 Carton 5, Folder UC Berkeley, Modest Mentalism Undated 30 Carton 5, Folder Topics for Pursuit, Zeno, Socrates Notes Undated 31 Carton 6, Folders Grice/Staal Seminar, Syntax, Semantics, and Phonetics Undated 1-2 Carton 6, Folder 3 Grice/Staal, "That" Clause Undated

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 6 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 4Professional Associations 1971-1987

Series 4 Professional Associations 1971-1987 Physical Description: Carton 6 (folders 4-12), Carton 10 Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Scope and Content Note Includes Kant's Stanford Lectures, various notes and audio tapes of Beanfest, Grice's fall 1987 group research on universals, and conferences and discussions concerning the American Psychological Association (APA). Also includes a carton of cassettes, magnetic recorder tapes, and cassette sets of four on professional talks with colleague George Myro on identities, metaphysics, and relatives and Grice's various seminars given at different institutions such as Stanford, University of California, Berkeley, and Seattle on his philosophical theories.

Carton 6, Folder 4 APA Symposium - "Entailment" 1971 Carton 6, Folders Stanford - "Some Aspects of Reason," Kant 1977 5-6 Carton 6, Folder 7 Conferences - Colloquium At Stanford University Circa 1978 Carton 6, Folder 8 Conferences - APA Discussion - Randall Parker's Transcription of Tapes 1983-1989 Carton 6, Folder 9 Unity of Science and Teleology "Hands Across the Bay," and Beanfest 1985 Carton 6, Folder Beanfest - Transcripts and Audio Cassettes 1985 10 Carton 6, Folder Group Universals 1987 11 Carton 6, Folder Group Universals - Partial Working Copy 1987 12 Carton 10 Audio Files of various lectures and conferences 1970-1986 Series 5 Subject Files 1951-1988 Physical Description: Carton 6 (folders 13-38), Cartons 7-9 Arrangement Alphabetically Scope and Content Note Includes Reed Seminar notes, notes on ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Descartes and their own philosophical theories, research and accompanying notes on other prominent philosophers such as Kant and Davidson, notes with colleagues Judith Baker, Alan Code, Michael Friedman, George Myro, Patrick Suppes, and Richard Warner, on various theories of reason, trust, language semantics, universals, and values.

Carton 6, Folders "The Analytic/Synthetic Division" 1983 13-14 Carton 6, Folder Aristotle and "Categories" Undated 15 Carton 6, Folder Aristotle's Ethics Undated 16 Carton 6, Folder Aristotle and Friendship Undated 17 Carton 6, Folder Aristotle and Friendship, Rationality, Trust, and Decency Undated 18 Carton 6, Folder Aristotle and Multiplicity Undated 19 Carton 6, Folder Bealer Notes Undated 20 Carton 6, Folder Berkeley Group Team Notes 1983 21 Carton 6, Folder Casual Theory Perception Undated 22

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 7 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 5Subject Files 1951-1988

Carton 6, Folder Categories with Strawson Undated 23 Carton 6, Folder Categorical Imperatives 1981 24 Carton 6, Folder "The Logical Construction Theory of Personal Identity" Undated 25 Carton 6, Folder Davidson's "On Saying That" Undated 26 Carton 6, Folders Descartes Notes Undated 27-28 Carton 6, Folder "Grice on Denials of Indicative Conditionals" by Michael Sinton Circa 1971 29 Carton 6, Folder Dispositions and Intentions Notes Undated 30 Carton 6, Folder Dogmas of Undated 31 Carton 6, Folder Emotions and Incontinence Undated 32 Carton 6, Folder Entailment and Paradoxes Undated 33 Carton 6, Folders Notes on Ethics with Judith Baker Undated 34-35 Carton 6, Folder North Carolina Ethics Notes Undated 36 Carton 6, Folder Festschrift and Warner Notes Circa 1981-1982 37 Carton 6, Folder "Finality" Notes with Alan Code Undated 38 Carton 7, Folder 1 "Form, Type, and Implication" by Grice Undated Carton 7, Folder 2 Frege, Words and Sentences Notes Undated Carton 7, Folder 3 "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics" by Kant Undated Carton 7, Folder 4 "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" Undated Carton 7, Folder 5 Grammar and Semantics with Richard Warner Undated Carton 7, Folder 6 Happiness, Discipline, and Implicatives Undated Carton 7, Folder 7 Notes on Hume 1975 Carton 7, Folders Hume's Account on Personal Identity Notes Undated 8-9 Carton 7, Folder Identity Notes with George Myro 1973 10 Carton 7, Folders "Ifs and Cans" Undated 11-12 Carton 7, Folder Irony, Stress, and Undated 13 Carton 7, Folders Notes on Kant 1981-1982 14-16 Carton 7, Folder Kant's Ethics 1982 17 Carton 7, Folder Kant, Midsentences, Freedom Undated 18 Carton 7, Folder Language and Reference Circa 1966 19 Carton 7, Folder Language Semantics Undated 20 Carton 7, Folders John Locke Lecture Notes 1979 21-22 Carton 7, Folder and Action Sentences Undated 23

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 8 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 5Subject Files 1951-1988

Carton 7, Folders Meaning and Psychology Undated 24-25 Carton 7, Folders Notes on Metaphysics 1988 26-27 Carton 7, Folder Metaphysics and Ill-Will Undated 28 Carton 7, Folder Metaphysics and Theorizing Undated 29 Carton 7, Folder Method and Myth Notes Undated 30 Carton 7, Folder Mills Induction Undated 31 Carton 7, Folder Miscellaneous on Actions and Events Undated 32 Carton 8, Folder 1 Miscellaneous - Judith Baker Undated Carton 8, Folder 2 Miscellaneous - Metaph Notes 1987-1988 Carton 8, Folder 3 Miscellaneous - Oxford Philosophy Undated Carton 8, Folders Miscellaneous Philosophy Notes 1981-1985 4-8 Carton 8, Folders Miscellaneous Philosophy Topics Undated 9-13 Carton 8, Folders Modality, Desirability, and Probability Undated 14-15 Carton 8, Folders Nicomachean Ethics and Aristotle Ethics 1975-1976 16-17 Carton 8, Folder and Value Undated 18 Carton 8, Folder Objective Value, Rational Motivation Circa 1978 19 Carton 8, Folder Oddents - Urbane and Not Urbane Undated 20 Carton 8, Folders Vision, Taste, and other Perception Papers Undated 21-22 Carton 8, Folder Papers on Perception Undated 23 Carton 8, Folder Perception Notes Undated 24 Carton 8, Folder Notes on Perception with Richard Warner 1988 25 Carton 8, Folder "Clear and Distinct Perception and Dreaming" Undated 26 Carton 8, Folder "A Pint of Philosophy" by Alfred Brook Gordon, includes notes by Grice Circa 1951 27 Carton 8, Folder "A Philosophy of Life" Notes, Happiness Notes Undated 28 Carton 8, Folder "Lectures on Pierce" Undated 29 Carton 8, Folder Basic Pirotese, Sentence Semantics and Syntax Circa 1970 30 Carton 8, Folder Pirots and Obbles Undated 31 Carton 8, Folders Methodology - Pirots Notes Undated 32-33 Carton 9, Folder 1 Practical Reason Undated Carton 9, Folder 2 "Preliminary Valediction" 1985 Carton 9, Folder 3 Presupposition and Implicative Circa 1979 Carton 9, Folder 4 Probability and Life Undated Carton 9, Folder 5 Rationality and Trust notes Undated

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 9 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989 Series 5Subject Files 1951-1988

Carton 9, Folder 6 Reasons 1966 Carton 9, Folder 7 Reflections on Morals Circa 1980 Carton 9, Folder 8 Russell and Heterologicality Undated Carton 9, Folder 9 Schiffer Undated Carton 9, Folder Semantics of Children's Language Undated 10 Carton 9, Folder Sentence Semantics Undated 11 Carton 9, Folder Sentence Semantics - Prepositional Complexes Undated 12 Carton 9, Folder "Significance of the Middle Book's Aristotle's Metaphysics" by Alan Code Undated 13 Carton 9, Folder Social Justice Undated 14 Carton 9, Folder "Subjective" Conditions and Intentions Undated 15 Carton 9, Folder Super-Relatives Undated 16 Carton 9, Folders Syntax and Semantics Undated 17-18 Carton 9, Folder The 'That" and "Why" - Metaphysics Notes 1986-1987 19 Carton 9, Folder Various work on Trust, Metaphysics, Value, etc/ with Judith Baker Undated 20 Carton 9, Folder Universals 1987 21 Carton 9, Folder Universals with Michael Friedman 1987 22 Carton 9, Folder Value, Metaphysics, and Teleology Undated 23 Carton 9, Folder Values, Morals, Absolutes, and the Metaphysical Undated 24 Carton 9, Folders Miscellaneous - Value Sub-systems, the "Kantian Problem" Undated 25-27 Carton 9, Folder Values and Undated 28 Carton 9, Folder "Virtues and Vices" by Undated 29 Carton 9, Folders Wants and Needs 1974-1975 30-31

Finding Aid to the H. Paul Grice BANC MSS 90/135 10 Papers, 1947-1989, bulk 1960-1989