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Mind-brain identity theory
- In the philosophy of mind, Lewis gave an important defense of mind-brain identity theory, and also developed an account of mental content that was based on his metaphysics of properties and modality.
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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.
- Identity Theory of Mind
Lewis's paper was extremely valuable and already there are...
- Holes
As is often the case, the choice between all these...
- Common Knowledge
The first full-fledged philosophical analysis of common...
- Time Travel
Suppose that the dial starts at angle \(i\) which picks out...
- Value: Pluralism
Writers do not always make the distinction between...
- Convention
This concept is the target of David Lewis’s celebrated...
- Identity Theory of Mind
Lewis made significant contributions in philosophy of mind, philosophy of probability, epistemology, philosophical logic, aesthetics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of time and philosophy of science. In most of these fields he is considered among the most important figures of recent decades.
He made central contributions in metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. He also made important contributions in probabilistic and practical reasoning, epistemology, the philosophy of mathematics, logic, the philosophy of religion, and ethics, including metaethics and applied ethics.
Apr 26, 2024 · David Kellogg Lewis (born September 28, 1941, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.—died October 14, 2001, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American philosopher who, at the time of his death, was considered by many to be the leading figure in Anglo-American philosophy ( see analytic philosophy ). Both Lewis’s father and his mother taught government at Oberlin College.
David Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the twentieth century. He made substantial contributions to philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, decision theory, and most significantly metaphysics.
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.
Sep 2, 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 ...
