{"product_id":"convention-9780631232568","title":"Convention","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConvention\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Readers will be indebted to the author of this book.\" \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of Humean analysis.\" \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eForeword by W.V. Quine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Coordination and Convention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Coordination Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of Coordination Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolving Coordination Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Convention Refined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommon Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge of Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternatives to Convention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDegrees of Convention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequences of Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Convention Contrasted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgreement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRules.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConformative Behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeaning of Signals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Convention and Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Signals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of Signaling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerbal Signaling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConventional Meaning of Signals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Conventions of Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossible Languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrammars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemantics in a Possible Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConventions of Truthfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemantics in a Population.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865459142999,"sku":"9780631232568","price":94.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631232568.jpg?v=1722274059","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/convention-9780631232568","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}