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23 lug 2009 · David 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
David Lewis’s Metaphysics. First published Tue Jan 5, 2010;...
- Mereology
Mereology (from the Greek μερος, ‘part’) is the theory of...
- Time Travel
With the advent of general relativity it has been...
- Relations
Since Lewis it has become commonplace to conceive relations...
- Truth
Truth is one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is...
- Physicalism
Seeing why will both showcase some of the power Lewis’s...
- David Lewis’s Metaphysics
David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than 30 years.
David Lewis was an American philosopher and one of the last generalists, in the sense that he was one of the last philosophers who contributed to the great majority of sub-fields of the discipline. He made central contributions in metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind.
5 gen 2010 · David Lewis’s Metaphysics. First 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 ...
- Ned Hall, Brian Rabern, Wolfgang Schwarz
- 2010
David Kellogg Lewis (Oberlin, 28 settembre 1941 – Princeton, 14 ottobre 2001) è stato un filosofo statunitense. Viene considerato uno dei maggiori filosofi analitici della seconda metà del Novecento. Biografia. Nacque ad Oberlin, nell'Ohio, figlio di un docente dell'Oberlin College, studioso di storia medievale.
Seeing 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.
2 set 2004 · His work defines much of the current agenda in metaphysics, philosophical logic, and the philosophy of mind and language. This volume, an expanded edition of a special issue of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, covers many of the topics for which Lewis was well known, including possible worlds, counterpart theory, vagueness, knowledge, ...
