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"This book is my attempt at an analysis of our common, established concept of convention, so that you will recognize that it explains what you must have in mind when you say that language is governed by conventions. Language is only one among many activities governed by conventions that we did not create by agreeing and that we cannot describe." David Lewis
"Readers will be indebted to the author of this book." Philosophical Quarterly
"The notion of convention has served philosophers since Aristotle as a convenient exploration of the arbitrary character of referential word meaning. In 1936 Willard Quine, pursuing the notion of analyticity, called attention to the emptiness of this explanation. David Lewis has attempted to re–establish the notion of convention as a partial explanation of analytic truth [and his] explication of "convention" is a tour de force of Humean analysis." Philosophy and Rhetoric
"This book has been published for quite some time. Its significant contribution is no longer in question [and it will] remain a central reference for discussions on the nature of conventions. An excellent book for teaching purposes." Australasian Journal of Philosophy
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Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions are contrasted with other kinds of regularity, and conventions governing systems of communication are given special attention. This book is of central importance to philosophers, linguists, social scientists, legal theorists, and anyone interested in the role of convention in the function of social behavior and language.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
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Harvard University Press, 1969
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
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Harvard University Press, 1969
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Harvard University Press, 1974
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
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Harvard University Press, 1969
ISBN 10 : 0674170253
ISBN 13 : 9780674170254
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good-. Harvard University Press, 1974; stated 2nd printing; xii, 213pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of blue cloth boards, black titling remains bold; light, scattered highlighting in text of first 70 pages, else text very good; light foxing to page block edges; previous owner ink stamp on front end page. Moderate amount of wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket, a few small chips and closed tears, larger chip at bottom edge of rear panel; faint liquid staining apparent at top and bottom edges of jacket, only very faintly apparent on book beneath at bottom edge of rear board; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. N° de réf. du vendeur 292809
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