Abstract: A consequence of Grice’s maxims is that the proposition which is asserted is the most informative one in the set of relevant propositions which the speaker believes to be true (cf. Grice 1967). This consequence contradicts in reality in the case there are two relevant propositions which are both more informative than the assertion but contradict each other. This contradiction is the so-called “symmetry problem” in the literature. This thesis introduces the symmetry problem and disscusses two approaches to dissolve it, in which the second one develops from the first one.Keywords: symmetry, alternatives, implicaturesPublished in RUNG: 14.01.2025; Views: 265; Downloads: 2 Link to fileThis document has many files! More...