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9781118388181: A Companion to David Lewis
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ISBN 10 : 1118388186 ISBN 13 : 9781118388181
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

Synopsis

In A Companion to David Lewis, Barry Loewer and Jonathan Schaffer bring together top philosophers to explain, discuss, and critically extend Lewis's seminal work in original ways. Students and scholars will discover the underlying themes and complex interconnections woven through the diverse range of his work in metaphysics, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, ethics, and aesthetics.

  • The first and only comprehensive study of the work of David Lewis, one of the most systematic and influential philosophers of the latter half of the 20th century
  • Contributions shed light on the underlying themes and complex interconnections woven through Lewis's work across his enormous range of influence, including metaphysics, language, logic, epistemology, science, mind, ethics, and aesthetics
  • Outstanding Lewis scholars and leading philosophers working in the fields Lewis influenced explain, discuss, and critically extend Lewis's work in original ways
  • An essential resource for students and researchers across analytic philosophy that covers the major themes of Lewis's work

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À propos de l'auteur

Barry Loewer is a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and director of the Rutgers Center for Philosophy and the Sciences. He works mainly on philosophy of science, focusing on issues in philosophy of physics and metaphysics. His publications include Counterfactuals and the Second Law, David Lewis's Humean Theory of Objective Chance, and Why is There Anything Except Physics?.

Jonathan Schaffer is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. His research centers on metaphysics, epistemology, and language, and his publications include Monism: The Priority of the Whole, On What Grounds What, and Knowing the Answer.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1118388186
ISBN 13 
9781118388181
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
592
Éditeur
Loewer Barry, Schaffer Jonathan
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