[lit-ideas] Re: Convention -- Conventional?

 
 
In a message dated 8/31/2004 8:25:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,  JimKandJu
lieB@xxxxxxx writes:
Did  anyone watch any of the Rep. convention last night?

Julie  Krueger




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When I read the subject line, I thought this was going to be a discussion  of 
David Lewis's book, _Convention_. Why is "Republican" omitted in the subject  
line. Lexically, it makes you wonder why a thing as the Republican (or 
Democrat)  convention is _called_ a convention (at all). For Lewis (and other 
philosophers)  holding the fork with the left hand and the knife with the right 
hand 
_is_ a  convention (or using 'red', 'yellow' and 'green' in traffic lights). 
I think the  idea here (with Republicans and Democrats) is that they _convene_ 
(as per  'convenience') into a _definite_ spot?
 
Cheers,
 
JL


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