Lewisian Themes The Philosophy of David K. Lewis [Paperback]

David Lewis's untimely death on 14 October 2001 deprived the philosophical community of one of the outstanding philosophers of the 20th century. As many obituaries remarked, Lewis has an undeniable place in the history of analytical philosophy. His work defines much of the current agenda in metaphysics, philosophical logic, and the philosophy of mind and language.

This volume, an expanded edition of a special issue of theAustralasian Journal of Philosophy, covers many of the topics for which Lewis was well known, including possible worlds, counterpart theory, vagueness, knowledge, probability, essence, fiction, laws, conditionals, desire and belief, and truth. Many of the papers are by very established philosophers; others are by younger scholars including many he taught. The volume also includes Lewis's Jack Smart Lecture at the Australian National University, How Many Lives has Schr?dinger's Cat?, published here for the first time.

Lewisian Themeswill be an invaluable resource for anyone studying Lewis's work and a major contribution to the many topics that he mastered.

Introduction,Frank Jackson and Graham Priest
1. How Many Lives Has Schr?dinger's Cat?,David Lewis
2. Counting the Holes,Roberto Casati and Achille C. Varzi
3. Adequacy Conditions for Counterpart Theory,M. J. Cresswell
4. Don't Forget About the Correspondence Theory of Truth,Marian David
5. Second-Order Predication and the Metaphysics of Properties,Andy Egan
6. Infinitesimal Chances and the Laws of Nature,Adam Elga
7. Desire Beyond Belief,Alan Hajek and Philip Pettit
8. Two Mistakes About Credence and Chance,Ned Hall
9. As Good as it Gets: Lewis on Truth in Fiction,Richard Hanley
10. Counterpossibles and Similarities,David Vander Laan
11. Modal Realism with Overlap,Kris McDaniel
12. The Ballad of Ugly Dave,Jim Maclc0