Canadian Journal of Philosophy 5 (1):73 - 81 (1975)
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In this paper I show that the definition of convention offered by david lewis in his book "convention: a philosophical study" fails to shed much light on "our common, Established concept of convention." first I set out lewis' definition of convention. I then show, Via counterexample, That satisfaction of lewis' definition is not a necessary condition for something to be a convention. I also show via counterexample that it is doubtful that satisfaction of lewis' definition is a sufficient condition for something to be a convention. I conclude that lewis has invented a new concept of convention that is seriously at odds with the established concept of convention
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Keywords | Contemporary Philosophy General Interest |
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ISBN(s) | 0045-5091 |
DOI | 10.1080/00455091.1975.10716098 |
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