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  1. 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. 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. David Lewis (October 19, 1916 – December 11, 2000) was an American actor. He was best known for being the original actor to portray Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital.

  4. A comprehensive overview of the life and work of David Lewis, an American philosopher who made contributions to metaphysics, language, mind, and other fields. Learn about his views on modality, properties, causation, convention, and more.

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  6. Jan 5, 2010 · First published Tue Jan 5, 2010; substantive revision Thu Jun 24, 2021. 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.

    • Ned Hall, Brian Rabern, Wolfgang Schwarz
    • 2010
  7. One of the most interesting and influential analytic philosophers of the 20th cen-tury, 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 phi-losophy of mind.

  8. 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.

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