Grice's theory of implicature focuses on what he called the “Principle of Cooperation” and how it relates directly to the conversational implications that occur in our speech daily. In the implicature section of his essay “Logic and Conversation,” Grice explains that there are common conversational goals that we try to achieve in our discussions. For example, some of these common goals are that there is a shared purpose of the conversation, that each person's contributions to the conversation should be dependent on each other, and that the conversation continues until we mutually agree that it is over. To preserve these goals, we find it easier, as cooperative human beings, to abide by the Principle of Cooperation and, with it, the maxims enunciated by Grice. Assuming that we generally do not deviate from this principle of cooperation without good reason, we can discover things that are implicitly stated. Implicature is the part of our spoken language where these maxims are intentionally broken, and involves the implicitly understood form of communication: things that are implied or suggested. Although Grice's theory of implicature is a very careful evaluation of implicit statements, there are some flaws found in his argument. Because of these problems, Grice's theory neither offers a solution to formalist and infomalist problems, nor does it provide a foolproof method for evaluating implicatures in everyday conversation. Grice writes this because we are, for the most part, a group of coherent and cooperative human beings. , “our conversational exchanges do not normally consist of a succession of disconnected observations, and they would not be rational if they did” (“Logic and Conversation” page 44). That is, conversations......middle of paper......to define a pragmatic language capable of capturing the true meaning of our thoughts and sentences in a formal language. This is significant because whenever we hold to the principle of cooperation and the maxims specified by Grice, there are times when we depart from these cooperations to intentionally create implications. Since we don't normally ignore this principle of cooperation without good reason, implicature is an effective way to get the point across. Although Grice's theory of implicature appears to fail to establish a comprehensive evaluation process with which to decipher these points, there are some positive aspects to his argument. Although Grice's theory does not provide a complete solution to formalist and infomalist problems nor does it provide a flawless technique for always evaluating implicatures, it is worth thinking about and applying to our everyday language.