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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_Lewis_(philosopher)David Lewis (philosopher) - Wikipedia

    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.

  2. plato.stanford.edu › entries › david-lewisDavid Lewis - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jul 23, 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.

  3. iep.utm.edu › d-lewisDavid Lewis | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    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.

  4. plato.stanford.edu › entries › lewis-metaphysicsDavid Lewis’s Metaphysics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jan 5, 2010 · 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.

  5. www.psychologytoday.com › sg › contributorsDavid Lewis Ph.D. | Psychology Today Singapore

    David Lewis BSc (Hons) DPhil is a neuroscientist and Chartered Psychologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, the International Stress Management Association and an...

  6. dash.harvard.edu › bitstream › handleDavid Lewis's Metaphysics - Harvard University

    I will divide the terrain into four parts: Lewis’s fundamental ontology; his theory of metaphysical modality; his “applied” metaphysics (covering such topics as laws of nature, counterfactuals, causation, identity through time, and the mind); and Lewisian methodology in meta-physics.

  7. plato.stanford.edu › entries › causation-counterfactualCounterfactual Theories of Causation - Stanford Encyclopedia of...

    Jan 10, 2001 · The best known and most thoroughly elaborated counterfactual theory of causation is David Lewis’s theory in his (1973b). Lewis’s theory was refined and extended in articles subsequently collected in his (1986a).

  8. www.cambridge.org › core › booksDavid Lewis: On the Plurality of Worlds (Chapter 12) - Central...

    Jun 27, 2024 · Lewis propounded a thesis of modal realism: the world we inhabit – the entire cosmos of which we are a part – is but one of a vast plurality of worlds, or cosmoi, all causally and spatiotemporally isolated from one another.

  9. www.cambridge.org › core › booksDavid Lewis - Cambridge University Press & Assessment

    Jun 27, 2024 · The work of David Lewis (1941 2001) has influenced most areas of Anglo-American philosophy and remains of fundamental importance in current philosophical inquiry. Lewis's work provides a comprehensive philosophical system that answers a broad range of questions in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of ...

  10. philosophy.princeton.edu › about › great-and-goodDavid K. Lewis | Philosophy

    David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was a member of the Philosophy Department at Princeton University 1970-2001. Born in Oberlin Ohio, Lewis was educated at Swarthmore College, where he studied chemistry as well as Philosophy, and then at Harvard, where in 1967 he completed his doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Willard Van Orman Quine.