The Age of Metaphysical Revolution

David Lewis and his place in the history of Analytic Philosophy

Letter of the Month, January 2017

by | Jan 31, 2017 | Letter of the Month

David Lewis is notoriously known for believing in the existence of concrete possible worlds equally real as our own. It came to be known as (genuine) modal realism. His systematic presentation and defence of the view appeared in On the Plurality of Worlds (Blackwell,...
David Lewis and Science Fiction, Part 2

David Lewis and Science Fiction, Part 2

by | Jan 12, 2017 | Project Musings

In the first part of ‘David Lewis and Science Fiction’ I explored how Lewis’ reading of science fiction influenced his four-dimensionalist tendencies. In the second part I will explore the connection between Lewis’ reading of science fiction and his espousal of...

Letter of the Month, December 2016

by | Dec 31, 2016 | Letter of the Month

At the core of David Lewis’ philosophical outlook is the doctrine of Humean supervenience. According to this doctrine, as he says in the Introduction to Philosophical Papers II, ‘all there is to the world is a vast mosaic of local matters of particular...
David Lewis and Science Fiction, Part 1

David Lewis and Science Fiction, Part 1

by | Dec 9, 2016 | Project Musings

As part of our project I am currently thinking about the formative influences on David Lewis’ philosophy. I’m interested to discover how, why and when Lewis arrived at the doctrines he is most well-known for. I take his formative years to span more or less the 1960s....