Philosophical Letters of David K. Lewis - Volume 2: Mind, Language, Epistemology

The life-long correspondence of David K. Lewis, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, reveals the development, breadth, and depth of his philosophy in its historical context. The second of this two volume collection focuses on his contributions to philosophical questions of language, mind, and epistemology.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Letters


• Part 4: Mind


• Part 5: Language


• Part 6: Epistemology

About the author

Helen Beebee is the Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney. She was Principal Investigator on the AHRC-funded project, 'The Age of Metaphysical Revolution: David Lewis and His Place in the History of Analytic Philosophy', from 2016 to 2019. She has published books on Hume and free will, as well as an accessible introduction to philosophy Philosophy: Why it Matters (with Michael Rush, Polity 2019).

A.R.J. Fisher is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Washington and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He received his PhD from Syracuse University in 2012. He specializes in metaphysics and the history of analytic philosophy. For the last five years he has extensively studied the David Lewis Papers at Princeton University and has worked on the AHRC-funded project 'The Age of Metaphysical Revolution: David Lewis and His Place in the History of Analytic Philosophy'.

Summary

The life-long correspondence of David K. Lewis, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, reveals the development, breadth, and depth of his philosophy in its historical context. The second of this two volume collection focuses on his contributions to philosophical questions of language, mind, and epistemology.

Product details

• Authors: David K. Lewis, Lewis David K.
• Assisted by: Helen Beebee (Editor), Beebee Helen (Editor), A.R.J. Fisher (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2020
• EAN: 9780198855842
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885584-2
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, History of Ideas, Diaries, letters & journals, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Western philosophy from c 1800, Diaries, letters and journals, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge