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David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential
philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant
contributions to almost every area of analytic philosophy including
metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and
philosophy of science, and set the agenda for various debates in
these areas which carry on to this day. In several respects he
remains a contemporary figure, yet enough time has now passed for
historians of philosophy to begin to study his place in twentieth
century thought. His philosophy was constructed and refined not
just through his published writing, but also crucially through his
life-long correspondence with fellow philosophers, including
leading figures such as D.M. Armstrong, Saul Kripke, W.V. Quine,
J.J.C. Smart, and Peter van Inwagen. His letters formed the
undercurrent of his published work and became the medium through
which he proposed many of his well-known theories and discussed a
range of philosophical topics in depth. A selection of his vast
correspondence over a 40-year period is presented here across two
volumes. Structured in three parts, Volume 2 explores Lewis'
contributions to philosophical questions of mind, language, and
epistemology respectively. The letters address Lewis's answer to
the mind-body problem, propositional attitudes and the purely
subjective character of conscious experience, meaning and reference
as well as grammar in language, vagueness, truth in fiction, the
problem of scepticism, and Lewis's work on decision theory and
rationality, among many other topics. This volume is a testament to
Lewis' achievement in these areas and will be an invaluable
resource for those exploring contemporary debates concerning mind,
language, and epistemology.
David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential
philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant
contributions to almost every area of analytic philosophy including
metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and
philosophy of science, and set the agenda for various debates in
these areas which carry on to this day. In several respects he
remains a contemporary figure, yet enough time has now passed for
historians of philosophy to begin to study his place in twentieth
century thought. His philosophy was constructed and refined not
just through his published writing, but also crucially through his
life-long correspondence with fellow philosophers, including
leading figures such as D.M. Armstrong, Saul Kripke, W.V. Quine,
J.J.C. Smart, and Peter van Inwagen. His letters formed the
undercurrent of his published work and became the medium through
which he proposed many of his well-known theories and discussed a
range of philosophical topics in depth. A selection of his vast
correspondence over a 40-year period is presented here across two
volumes. As metaphysics is arguably where Lewis made his greatest
contribution, this forms the focus of Volume 1. Arranged under the
broad areas of Causation, Modality, and Ontology, the letters offer
an organic story of the origins, development, breadth, and depth of
his metaphysics in its historical context, as well as a glimpse
into the influence of his many interlocutors. This volume will be
an indispensable resource for contemporary metaphysics and for
those interested in the Lewisian perspective.
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