Custom and Convention

Essays in this room

• The Preface Copernicus Never Wrote Custom and Convention 9b A note slipped into Copernicus's book told readers not to believe it. Who wrote it, and how the lie kept the peace for fifty years.
• The Meeting That Never Happened Custom and Convention 1 We say language and law began as agreements. But you can't agree on anything until you already share a language, so the first agreement could never have happened.

Threads that lead here

Subtopics elsewhere in the Syntopicon whose argument reaches into Custom and Convention. The lit ones have an essay you can read now.

• Art 2c The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Beauty 5 The influence of custom on taste or judgments of beauty
• Change 12b Custom as a conservative force in relation to progress
• Education 4 The influence of custom on taste or judgments of beauty
• Family 1 The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Good and Evil 3a The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Good and Evil 6d The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Habit 1 The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Habit 4a Discipline and its relation to the individual
• Habit 7 The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Habit 7 The relation of law to custom and habit
• History 4b Custom as a conservative force in relation to progress
• Hypothesis 3 The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Justice 10a The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Justice 6a The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Justice 6b The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Justice 9a The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Knowledge 4b The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Knowledge 5c The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Labor 1c Discipline and its relation to the individual
• Language 2 The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Language 2a The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Language 2b The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Law 3b(2) The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4a The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4b The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4c The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4d The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4e The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4f The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4g The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 4h The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 5c The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Law 5f The relation of law to custom and habit
• Law 7c The distinction between nature and convention in law and jurisprudence
• Nature 2a The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Nature 2b The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Nature 2b The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Nature 2c The distinction between nature and convention, and the examination of related distinctions
• Nature 5a The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Nature 5b The significance of nature and custom in the sphere of economic activity
• Nature 5c The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Nature 5d The influence of custom on taste or judgments of beauty
• Opinion 3c The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Opinion 6a The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Principle 3c(2) The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Principle 5 The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Progress 4a Custom as a conservative force in relation to progress
• Progress 5 Custom as a conservative force in relation to progress
• Punishment 1c Discipline and its relation to the individual
• Punishment 1d Discipline and its relation to the individual
• Relation 6b The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Relation 6c The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Relation 6c The influence of custom on taste or judgments of beauty
• Sign and Symbol 1a The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Sign and Symbol 1b The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Sign and Symbol 1c The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Sign and Symbol 1d The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Sign and Symbol 1e The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Sign and Symbol 1f The natural and the conventional in language and society
• State 3b The natural and the conventional in language and society
• State 3b(1) The natural and the conventional in language and society
• State 3b(2) The natural and the conventional in language and society
• State 3c The natural and the conventional in language and society
• State 3d The natural and the conventional in language and society
• Truth 6 The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Truth 7a The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Truth 7b The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Universal and Particular 7a The relativity of truth to the customs of the time and place, and the theory that the foundations of science are conventional
• Universal and Particular 7b The bearing of custom and convention on issues of morality
• Universal and Particular 7c The influence of custom on taste or judgments of beauty
• Wealth 1 The significance of nature and custom in the sphere of economic activity
• Wealth 10b The significance of nature and custom in the sphere of economic activity