Convention

Beschreibung

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.

Autor*in

David Lewis

Themen in »Convention«

Metaphysics Metaphysik Philosophie Philosophy Philosophy of Language Sprachphilosophie

Stimmen zu »Convention«

"This book is my attempt at an analysis of our common, establishedconcept of convention, so that you will recognize that it explainswhat you must have in mind when you say that language is governedby conventions. Language is only one among many activities governedby conventions that we did not create by agreeing and that wecannot describe." David Lewis "Readers will be indebted to the author of this book."Philosophical Quarterly "The notion of convention has served philosophers sinceAristotle as a convenient exploration of the arbitrary character ofreferential word meaning. In 1936 Willard Quine, pursuing thenotion of analyticity, called attention to the emptiness of thisexplanation. David Lewis has attempted to re-establish the notionof convention as a partial explanation of analytic truth [and his]explication of "convention" is a tour de force of Humeananalysis." Philosophy and Rhetoric "This book has been published for quite some time. Itssignificant contribution is no longer in question [and it will]remain a central reference for discussions on the nature ofconventions. An excellent book for teaching purposes."Australasian Journal of Philosophy
()

Details

Link teilen