H. P. Grice: A definition of the nature and range of metaphysical enquiries is among the most formidable of philosophical tasks; we need all the help we can get, particularly at a time when metaphysicians have only recently begun to re-emerge from the closet, and to my mind are still hampered by the aftermath of decades of ridicule and vilification at the hands of the rednecks of Vienna and their adherents.

 A definition of the nature and range of metaphysical enquiries is among the most formidable of philosophical tasks; we need all the help we can get, particularly at a time when metaphysicians have only recently begun to re-emerge from the closet, and to my mind are still hampered by the aftermath of decades of ridicule and vilification at the hands of the rednecks of Vienna and their adherents.