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Conversational Maxims and Some Philosophical ProblemsAuthor(s): A. P. MartinichReviewed work(s):Source: The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 120 (Jul., 1980), pp. 215-228Published by: Wiley for The Philosophical Quarterly

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