Philosophical papers. Volume I / David Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, David K. (David Kellogg), 1941-2001.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, American--20th century.

Philosophy, American.

Humanities.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Other Title:

Philosophical papers. Volume 1

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of 15 essays by the influential American philosopher David Lewis is divided into three groups: ontology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. Eleven of the papers in this volume were originally published from 1972 to 1981; misprints apart, they are reprinted in their original form. In some cases, where retractions or additions seemed urgently needed, I have appended postscripts. Two other papers appear here for the first time. The papers in this volume deal with topics concerning counterfactuals, causation, and related matters. Papers in ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language have appeared in Volume I. I have left out papers which are rejoinders, or which are primarily technical interest, or which overlap too much with the papers I have included.

Contents:

Holes (with Stephanie Lewis) ; Anselm and actuality ; Counterpart theory and quantified modal logic ; Counterparts of persons and their bodies ; Survival and identity ; How to define theoretical terms ; An argument for the identity theory ; Radical interpretation ; mad ain and martian pain ; Attitudes De dicto and De se ; Language and language ; General semantics ; Scorekeeping in a language game ; Tensions ; Truth in fiction

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-983338-9

9786611980511

0-19-802042-2

1-281-98051-X

OCLC:

922952868