College 10

Question 1

Conventions (David Lewis)

Answer 1

Patterns of beahvior people in a group follow when they face the same situations repeatedly.
- everyone follows a certain behavior
- everyone expects others to follow it too
- everyone prefers to follow it, because it helps solve a coordination problem

Question 2

Social norms (Bicchieri)

Answer 2

People follow norms based on what they expect other to do and what they believe other expect of them.

Question 3

Conditional preferences (Bicchieri)

Answer 3

• Emperical expectations: i expect enough others to follow the rule
• Normative expectation: i believe enough others expect me to follow the rule, preffer that i follow the rule, and may sanction me if i don’t

Question 4

Theory of language games (Wittgenstein)

Answer 4

Just like in games, there are rules that guide how words are used, and these rules can change depending on the context.

Question 5

Social norms (Winch)

Answer 5

Norms are a pattern of repeated behavior in a community which is maintained through the attitudes and responses of members of the community.
- Norms must be learnable
- It must be possible to make mistakes