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SUMMARY:Are there Lewis conventions? - Francesco Guala (University of Exet
 er)
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CONTACT:Lauren Kassell
DESCRIPTION:David Lewis' analysis of conventions has been influential both
  in the philosophy of social science and in social science itself. In part
 icular\, it has illustrated the potential of game theoretic models in soci
 al ontology as well their limitations\, and the importance of history for 
 the analysis of social institutions. But are there any genuine Lewis-Conve
 ntions? In this paper I show how this question can be investigated using s
 imple experimental techniques\, and criticize those philosophers who try t
 o refute Lewis' theory using the traditional tools of language analysis an
 d intuition.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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