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Social conventions are those arbitrary rules and norms governing the countless behaviors all of us engage in every day without necessarily thinking about them, from shaking hands when greeting someone to driving on the right side of the road. In this book, Andrei Marmor offers a pathbreaking and comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions a



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"This is certainly an important addition to this rather narrow body of academic scholarship." * Choice *
"Social Conventions is an important contribution to scholars from at least two disciplines--philosophy and law. . . . [T]his book should interest anyone wanting to gain a better and deeper understanding of human linguistic and moral behavior."---Dana Riesenfeld, Pragmatics Cognition
"This timely monograph should stimulate further philosophical studies of conventions in general and of their various manifestations in human affairs."---Kevin Toh, Ethics

Social Conventions From Language to Law

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 12/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780691162232
      978-0691162232
      ISBN-10 0691162239
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      Cultural studies: customs and traditions Philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Social conventions are those arbitrary rules and norms governing the countless behaviors all of us engage in every day without necessarily thinking about them, from shaking hands when greeting someone to driving on the right side of the road. In this book, Andrei Marmor offers a pathbreaking and comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions a



      Trade Review
      "This is certainly an important addition to this rather narrow body of academic scholarship." * Choice *
      "Social Conventions is an important contribution to scholars from at least two disciplines--philosophy and law. . . . [T]his book should interest anyone wanting to gain a better and deeper understanding of human linguistic and moral behavior."---Dana Riesenfeld, Pragmatics Cognition
      "This timely monograph should stimulate further philosophical studies of conventions in general and of their various manifestations in human affairs."---Kevin Toh, Ethics

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