H. P. Grice: It seems to me that the picture of the soul suggested by D's treatment of wanting is remarkably tranquil and, one might almost say, com-puterised. It is a picture of an ideally decorous board meeting, at which the various heads of sections advance, from the stand-point of their particular provinces, the case for or against some proposed course of action. In the end the chairman passes judgement, effective for action; normally judiciously, though sometimes he is for one reason or another over-impressed with the presentations made by some particular member: My soul doesn't seem to me, a lot of the time, to be like that at all. It is more like a particularly unpleasant department meeting, in which some members shout, won't listen, and suborn other members to lie on their behalf; while the chair-man, who is often himself under suspicion of cheating, endeavours to impose some kind of order; frequently to no eflect, since some times the meeting breaks up in disorder, sometimes, though it appears to end comfortably; in reality all sorts of enduring lesions are set up, and sometimes, whatever the outcome of the meeting, individual members go off and do things unilaterally.

 It seems to me that the picture of the soul suggested by D's treatment of wanting is remarkably tranquil and, one might almost say, com-puterised. It is a picture of an ideally decorous board meeting, at which the various heads of sections advance, from the stand-point of their particular provinces, the case for or against some proposed course of action. In the end the chairman passes judgement, effective for action; normally judiciously, though sometimes he is for one reason or another over-impressed with the presentations made by some particular member: My soul doesn't seem to me, a lot of the time, to be like that at all. It is more like a particularly unpleasant department meeting, in which some members shout, won't listen, and suborn other members to lie on their behalf; while the chair-man, who is often himself under suspicion of cheating, endeavours to impose some kind of order; frequently to no eflect, since some times the meeting breaks up in disorder, sometimes, though it appears to end comfortably; in reality all sorts of enduring lesions are set up, and sometimes, whatever the outcome of the meeting, individual members go off and do things unilaterally.