Convention by David Lewis
Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969.-
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"Readers will be indebted to the author of this book." Philosophical Quarterly
"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 tour de force of Humean analysis." Philosophy and Rhetoric
"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." Australasian Journal of Philosophy
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780631232575 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631232575 |
| Title | Convention |
| Author | David Lewis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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