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

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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.

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

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   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.

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   Was David Lewis a generalist?

   • 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.

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   What did David Lewis contribute to philosophy?

   • 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.

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   How many books did David Lewis write?

   • 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.

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   Is Lewis a good philosopher?

   • Lewis is obviously not as well known for his work in ethics as for his work in other areas of philosophy. It was something of a surprise when one of the volumes of his collected papers was called Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy (2000a).

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4. philosophy.princeton.edu › news › alumnus-bob-adamsAlumnus Bob Adams delivers 2020 David Lewis Lecture

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   Nov 20, 2020 · Introducing the 2020 David Lewis Lecture, Department Chair Gideon Rosen highlighted similarities between this year’s speaker and the lecture's namesake. “David Lewis was a great philosophical generalist of sorts.

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

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   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.

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6. philosophynow.org › issues › 34David Lewis (1941-2001) | Issue 34 | Philosophy Now

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   Although he was primarily as a logician, his work encompassed a wide range of philosophical issues, including language, ethics, mathematics, and the philosophy of mind. Lewis was born in Ohio and educated at Swarthmore College, in Pennsylvania.

7. archive.philosophersmag.com › david-lewis-a-snapshotDavid Lewis: a snapshot - The Philosophers' Magazine Archive

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   David Lewis is probably best known among philosophers for making grand metaphysics and systematic theory building fashionable again. Lewis made numerous and significant contributions to the philosophical world.

8. academic.oup.com › book › 43854David Lewis and His Place in the History of Formal Semantics

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   In “General Semantics,” Lewis took an important step beyond rule-by-rule interpretation systems. He eliminated rule-specific semantic composition rules altogether and pioneered a method for the compositional computation of meanings that is now known as “type-driven” interpretation.