The normativity of Lewis Conventions |
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Authors: | Francesco Guala |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, University degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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Abstract: | David Lewis famously proposed to model conventions as solutions to coordination games, where equilibrium selection is driven by precedence, or the history of play. A characteristic feature of Lewis Conventions is that they are intrinsically non-normative. Some philosophers have argued that for this reason they miss a crucial aspect of our folk notion of convention. It is doubtful however that Lewis was merely analysing a folk concept. I illustrate how his theory can (and must) be assessed using empirical data, and argue that it does indeed miss an important aspect of real-world conventions. |
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