Social Conventions - From Language to Law

Zusatztext "This timely monograph should stimulate further philosophical studies of conventions in general and of their various manifestations in human affairs." ---Kevin Toh! Ethics Informationen zum Autor Andrei Marmor is the Maurice Jones Jr. Professor of Law and a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. His books include Law in the Age of Pluralism and Interpretation and Legal Theory . Klappentext "This book will be of great philosophical interest! especially to social and legal philosophers. Marmor's view is original and represents an important alternative to the dominant (Lewisian) conception of social conventions. He sketches his theory on a large canvas and applies it to several different areas of social life. He writes with admirable clarity! directness! and simplicity."--Gerald Postema! University of North Carolina! Chapel Hill "This book develops and applies a general theory of social conventions! then employs it to answer questions about the role of convention in language! morality! and law. Marmor's conclusions are noteworthy not only for the light they shed on the conventions found in these areas! but also for the claim that some linguistic and moral phenomena deemed conventional by other writers do not! in fact! have this status."--Christopher McMahon! University of California! Santa Barbar Zusammenfassung Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harry Frankfurt, Andrei Marmor, Marmor Andrei
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.07.2009
• EAN: 9780691140902
• ISBN: 978-0-691-14090-2
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy; Princeton Monographs in Philos; Princeton Monographs in Philosophy
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Sociology, Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Cultural studies: customs and traditions