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'''David Kellogg Lewis''' (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American [[philosophy|philosopher]] who is best known for his [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] work in which he advocated a controversial [[modal realism]] - that is, he stated that the possible worlds that philosophers suppose in order to explain the nature of necessity and possibility exist in a concrete form. Lewis taught for most of his life at [[Princeton University]], but also had a short stint teaching at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]]. | '''David Kellogg Lewis''' (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American [[philosophy|philosopher]] who is best known for his [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] work in which he advocated a controversial [[modal realism]] - that is, he stated that the possible worlds that philosophers suppose in order to explain the nature of necessity and possibility exist in a concrete form. Lewis taught for most of his life at [[Princeton University]], but also had a short stint teaching at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]]. | ||
Lewis published five books: ''Convention: A Philosophical Study'' (1969), ''Counterfactuals'' (1973), ''Semantic Analysis: Essays Dedicated to [[Stig Kanger]] on His Fiftieth Birthday'' (1974) and ''On the Plurality of Worlds'' (1986) - which expounds Lewis' modal realism - and ''Parts of Classes'' (1991). He also published five essay collections - ''Philosophical Papers'' Volumes 1 and 2 (1983 and 1986 respectively), ''Papers in Philosophical Logic'' (1988), ''Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology'' (1999) and ''Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy''. | Lewis published five books: ''Convention: A Philosophical Study'' (1969), ''Counterfactuals'' (1973), ''Semantic Analysis: Essays Dedicated to [[Stig Kanger]] on His Fiftieth Birthday'' (1974) and ''On the Plurality of Worlds'' (1986) - which expounds Lewis' modal realism - and ''Parts of Classes'' (1991). He also published five essay collections - ''Philosophical Papers'' Volumes 1 and 2 (1983 and 1986 respectively), ''Papers in Philosophical Logic'' (1988), ''Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology'' (1999) and ''Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy''. | ||
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David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher who is best known for his metaphysical work in which he advocated a controversial modal realism - that is, he stated that the possible worlds that philosophers suppose in order to explain the nature of necessity and possibility exist in a concrete form. Lewis taught for most of his life at Princeton University, but also had a short stint teaching at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Lewis published five books: Convention: A Philosophical Study (1969), Counterfactuals (1973), Semantic Analysis: Essays Dedicated to Stig Kanger on His Fiftieth Birthday (1974) and On the Plurality of Worlds (1986) - which expounds Lewis' modal realism - and Parts of Classes (1991). He also published five essay collections - Philosophical Papers Volumes 1 and 2 (1983 and 1986 respectively), Papers in Philosophical Logic (1988), Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology (1999) and Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy.