This is part of a three-volume collection of most of David Lewis' papers in philosophy, except for those that previously appeared in his Philosophical Papers (Oxford University Press, 1983 and 1986). They are now offered in a readily accessible form. This second volume is devoted to Lewis' work in metaphysics and epistemology. The purpose of this collection, and the volumes that precede and follow it, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher. The volume will serve as a useful work of reference for teachers and students of philosophy.
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This is part of a three-volume collection of most of David Lewis's papers in philosophy, except for those which previously appeared in his Philosophical Papers (Oxford University Press, 1983 and 1986). They are now offered in a readily accessible form. This second volume is devoted to Lewis's work in metaphysics and epistemology. The purpose of this collection, and the volumes that precede and follow it, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher. The volume will serve as a useful work of reference for teachers and students of philosophy.
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One of the 20th century's best philosophers,
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This review is from: Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2 (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (Paperback)
David Lewis was both a brilliant and (by contemporary analytic philosophy's standards) very accessible philosopher. This is a collection of some of his strongest and most accessible work, and amounts to a sustained defense of the thesis that we can give a complete account of reality in terms of the local properties of 'point sized' things. This might seem a rather thin view of 'what there is'. But even if you disagree, the ingenuity of Lewis' arguments is impressive. And contemplating Lewis' work provides an opportunity for intellectual growth by forcing one to determine where his arguments go wrong (if in fact they do). Providing the opportunity for such growth tends to be the aim of most analytic philosophy, rather than providing 'cool' or 'sexy' (i.e. wooly-headed) world-views.
In terms of presentation of the material, "Putnam's Paradox" comes as the 2nd article, ("New Work", comes first) and I thought it really should come first as it sets the stage for what follows. The paradox, as Lewis sees it, threatens to render our ability to talk sensibly about the world incoherent. Lewis' account of semantics and reality in the following articles is highly developed way to escape this consequence. Lewis' recent death was a big loss for those who cherish analytic philosophy; he will be missed
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This collection reprints almost all my previously published papers in metaphysics and epistemology, except for those that were previously reprinted in another collection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
folk psychophysics, footy people, simple conditional analysis, universal methane, chancemaking pattern, footy person, semantic common knowledge, admissibility quotient, nonqualitative determinants, nonspatiotemporal parts, materialist supervenience, rugby person, perceptual reduction, coexist with anything, demand for truthmakers, rugby people, basic intrinsic properties, partial indiscernibility, neutral quantification, supervaluation rule, modification equivalence, ersatz possibilities, phenomenal information, counterexample world, simpler universals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Lewis, Oxford University Press, Principal Principle, Cambridge University Press, Exposure Hypothesis, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Studies, Hypothesis of Phenomenal Information, Frank Jackson, Saul Kripke, New York, Mark Johnston, Identification Thesis, The Philosophical Review, Knowledge Argument, Color-Mosaic Theory, Distribution Premise, Peter Unger, Philosophy of Science, Hilary Putnam, Twin Earth, Cornell University, Harvard University Press, John Bigelow, Kegan Paul New!
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This collection reprints almost all my previously published papers in metaphysics and epistemology, except for those that were previously reprinted in another collection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
folk psychophysics, footy people, simple conditional analysis, universal methane, chancemaking pattern, footy person, semantic common knowledge, admissibility quotient, nonqualitative determinants, nonspatiotemporal parts, materialist supervenience, rugby person, perceptual reduction, coexist with anything, demand for truthmakers, rugby people, basic intrinsic properties, partial indiscernibility, neutral quantification, supervaluation rule, modification equivalence, ersatz possibilities, phenomenal information, counterexample world, simpler universals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Lewis, Oxford University Press, Principal Principle, Cambridge University Press, Exposure Hypothesis, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Studies, Hypothesis of Phenomenal Information, Frank Jackson, Saul Kripke, New York, Mark Johnston, Identification Thesis, The Philosophical Review, Knowledge Argument, Color-Mosaic Theory, Distribution Premise, Peter Unger, Philosophy of Science, Hilary Putnam, Twin Earth, Cornell University, Harvard University Press, John Bigelow, Kegan Paul New!
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- On the Plurality of Worlds by David Lewis on 7 pages
- Naming and Necessity by Saul A. Kripke on 5 pages
- Color and Color Perception: A Study in Anthropocentric Realism (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) by David R. Hilbert on 4 pages
- What is a Law of Nature? (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by D. M. Armstrong on page 84, page 92, and page 208
- A Materialist Theory of the Mind (International Library of Philosophy) by D.M. Armstrong on page 140, and page 303
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- Metaphysical Essays by John Hawthorne on 14 pages
- Models, Truth, and Realism by Barry Taylor on 4 pages
- Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 2 by Dean Zimmerman on page 287, page 314, and page 386
- There's Something About Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument (Bradford Books) by Peter Ludlow on page 364, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 1 by Dean W. Zimmerman on page 103, page 128, and page 192
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