- Return to Kent Bach's Homepage GRICE, H. PAUL Kent Bach GRICE, H. PAUL (1913-1988), English philosopher, is best known for his contributions to the theory of meaning and communication. This work (collected in Grice 1989) has had lasting importance for philosophy and linguistics, with implications for cognitive science generally. His three most influential contributions concern the nature of ...userwww.sfsu.edu/~kbach/grice.htm