Marmor, Andrei.

Social conventions : from language to law / Andrei Marmor. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009. - xii, 186 pages 23 cm. - Princeton monographs in philosophy . - Princeton monographs in philosophy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A first look at the nature of conventions -- Constitutive conventions -- Deep conventions -- Conventions of language : semantics -- Conventions of language : pragmatics -- The morality of conventions -- The conventional foundations of law.

9780691140902 (alk. paper) 0691140901 (alk. paper)

2008055165

GBA947531 bnb

015181304 Uk


Convention (Philosophy)
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Language and languages--Philosophy.

B809.15 / .M37 2009

323.01/4