Paul Grice provided philosophy with crucial ideas.His account of speaker-meaning is the standardthat others use to define their own minor divergences or future elaboration.His metaphysical defense of absonlute values is consideredthe beginning of a new phase n philosophy.Throughout this volume Grice has carefully arranged and framed the sequence of essays toemphasize not a certain set of ideas but a habit of mind,a style of philosophizing.It is a vital book for all who are inteested inAnglo-Amcr