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Autore |
Lewis David K (David Kellogg), <1941-2001.> |
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Titolo |
Convention : a philosophical study / / David Lewis |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-30970-2 |
9786611309701 |
0-470-69371-1 |
0-470-69296-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Convention (Philosophy) |
Philosophy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Convention I A Philosophical Study; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by W. V. Quine; Introduction; I I Coordination and Convention; 1. Sample Coordination Problems; 2. Analysis of Coordination Problems; 3. Solving Coordination Problems; 4. Convention; 5. Sample Conventions; II I Convention Refined; 1. Common Knowledge; 2. Knowledge of Conventions; 3. Alternatives to Conventions; 4. Degrees of Convention; 5. Consequences of Conventions; III I Convention Contrasted; 1. Agreement; 2. Social Contracts; 3. Norms; 4. Rules; 5. Conformative Behavior; 6. Imitation |
IV 1 Convention and Communication1. Sample Signals; 2. Analysis of Signaling; 3. Verbal Signaling; 4. Conventional Meaning of Signals; 5. Meaning,, of Signals; V I Conventions of Language; 1. Possible Languages; 2. Grammars; 3. Semantics in a Possible Language; 4. Conventions of Truthfulness; 5 . Semantics in a Population; Conclusion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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