Lewis Convention

A Philosophical Study
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-69577-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Foreword by W.V. Quine.
Introduction.
I. Coordination and Convention.
Sample Coordination Problems.
Analysis of Coordination Problems.
Solving Coordination Problems.
Convention.
Sample Conventions.
II. Convention Refined.
Common Knowledge.
Knowledge of Conventions.
Alternatives to Convention.
Degrees of Convention.
Consequences of Conventions.
III. Convention Contrasted.
Agreement.
Social Contracts.
Norms.
Rules.
Conformative Behavior.
Imitation.
Meaning of Signals.
IV. Convention and Communication.
Sample Signals.
Analysis of Signaling.
Verbal Signaling.
Conventional Meaning of Signals.
V. Conventions of Language.
Possible Languages.
Grammars.
Semantics in a Possible Language.
Conventions of Truthfulness.
Semantics in a Population.
Conclusion.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Lewis (1941-2001) was Professor of Philosophyat Princeton University. His publications includeCounterfactuals (reissued by Blackwell 2000), On thePlurality of Worlds (reissued by Blackwell, 2000), Parts ofClasses (1991), and numerous articles in metaphysics and otherareas. Many of his writings are available in his CollectedPapers.