- Maxim of Quality: Truth
*Do not say what you believe to be false.
*Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence. - Maxim of Quantity: Information
*Make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange.
*Do not make your contribution more informative than is required. - Maxim of Relation: Relevance
*Be relevant. - Maxim of Manner: Clarity
*Avoid obscurity of expression (“Eschew obfuscation”).
*Avoid ambiguity.
*Be brief (“avoid unnecessary prolixity”).
*Be orderly.
[adapted from Paul Grice, Logic and conversation (1975)]
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