Convention: a philosophical study

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"Convention was 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. Thi…

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Full title :Convention : a philosophical study / David Lewis.

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Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

Notes

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1969.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 213 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0631232567, 9780631232568, 0631232575, 9780631232575
oclc:ocm49640754
LC Classification:B809.15
Dewey Decimal:128

Subjects

Analytizität Communicatie Conventies (sociologie) convention (philosophie) Convention (Philosophy) English language -- Philosophy Konvention Pragmatik Semantik sociale relaties Sprachphilosophie Taal Theorie