@article{Heft_2018, title={When Language Breaks: A Heideggerian Analysis of Grice’s Cooperative Principle}, volume={11}, url={https://openjournals.bsu.edu/stance/article/view/1949}, DOI={10.33043/S.11.1.22-33}, abstractNote={<p>In “Logic and Conversation,” H. P. Grice posits that in conversations, we are “always-already” implying certain things about the subjects of our words while abiding by certain rules to aid in understanding. It<br>is my view, however, that Grice’s so-called “cooperative principle” can be analyzed under the traditional Heideggerian dichotomy of ready-to-hand and presentat-hand wherein language can be viewed as a “mere” tool that sometimes breaks. Ultimately, I contend that the likening of language to a tool allows for a more robust understanding of it and conversational failures, while ontologically recategorizing language as an object of sorts.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Stance: an international undergraduate philosophy journal}, author={Heft, Peter}, year={2018}, month={Apr.}, pages={22–33} }