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Bookmark or Share- David Lewis - Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyDavid Lewis (1941–2001) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th Century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, decision theory, epistemology, meta-ethics and aesthetics.
- David Lewis’s Metaphysics - Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophySeeing why will both showcase some of the power Lewis’s conception of fundamental ontology has in shaping and clarifying metaphysical debates, and highlight a centrally important question that he has (perhaps unintentionally) bequeathed to us.
- David Kellogg Lewis | Analytic Philosophy, Modal Realism & Mind-Body ...David Kellogg Lewis (born September 28, 1941, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.—died October 14, 2001, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American philosopher who, at the time of his death, was considered by many to be the leading figure in Anglo-American philosophy ( see analytic philosophy ). Both Lewis’s father and his mother taught government at Oberlin College.
- Modal realism - WikipediaModal realism is the view propounded by philosopher David Lewis that all possible worlds are real in the same way as is the actual world: they are "of a kind with this world of ours." [1] .
- David Lewis’s Metaphysics - Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyFirst published Tue Jan 5, 2010; substantive revision Thu Jun 24, 2021. David Lewis produced a body of philosophical writing that, in four books and scores of articles, spanned every major philosophical area, with perhaps the greatest concentration in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophical logic, and philosophy of mind.
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