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Convention:

A Philosophical Study
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Wiley, May 17, 2002 - Philosophy - 213 pages

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.

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The title is Convention: A Philosophical Study. (It hasn't got anything directly to do with art and performance). The book discusses in detail and at length many areas of philosophy, ultimately coming ... Read full review

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In this book, David Lewis sets out to provide a working definition of convention and then attempts to demonstrate that language is conventional in the more precise sense in which he uses the word. A ... Read full review

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JSTOR: Convention: A Philosophical Study.
Convention: A Philosophical Study. By DAVID K. LEWIS. (Cambridge, Mass.: Har- vard University Press. London: Oxford University Press. 1969. Pp. xii + 213. ...
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Obituary: David Lewis | News | guardian.co.uk Books
In 1966, Convention: A Philosophical Study (his rehashed thesis) broke new ground in the philosophy of language, in which it remains a seminal work. ...
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Princeton - News - Princeton Professor David Lewis dies at 60
His first book, Convention: A Philosophical Study, published in 1969 when he was 28, brought him the Matchette Prize in Philosophy, a national award for the ...
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Lewis on our Knowledge of Conventions
In Convention: A Philosophical Study (Cambridge, Mass., 1969), David. Lewis offers a highly persuasive account of his chosen topic. In Chapter II ...
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David Kellogg Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lewis's first monograph was Convention: A Philosophical Study (1969), which is based on his doctoral dissertation and uses concepts of game theory to ...
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David Kellogg Lewis :: Additional Reading -- Britannica Online ...
In addition to Convention: A Philosophical Study (1969), Lewis is also the author of Counterfactuals (1973), On the Plurality of Worlds (1986), ...
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Abstract: Some thirty years ago Lewis published his Convention: A philosophical Study (Lewis 1969). Besides exciting the logical community by providing the ...
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Convention: A Philosophical Study (1969; Harvard University Press), with a foreword by. Willard van Orman Quine, based on his doctoral dissertation ...
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COMMON KNOWLEDGE, SALIENCE AND CONVENTION: A RECONSTRUCTION OF ...
Convention: A Philosophical Study –the book, published in 1969, which grew. out of Lewis’ doctoral thesis. As the title suggests, this is primarily a work ...
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About the author (2002)


David Lewis (1941–2001) was Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His publications include Counterfactuals (reissued by Blackwell 2000), On the Plurality of Worlds (reissued by Blackwell, 2000), Parts of Classes (1991), and numerous articles in metaphysics and other areas. Many of his writings are available in his Collected Papers.

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TitleConvention: A Philosophical Study
AuthorDavid Lewis
Editionillustrated, reprint, reissue
PublisherWiley, 2002
ISBN0631232575, 9780631232575
Length213 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
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