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David Lewis
Researcher at Vanderbilt University
Publications - 213
Citations - 37925
David Lewis is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Presidential system & Agency (sociology). The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 202 publications receiving 36038 citations. Previous affiliations of David Lewis include Harvard University & University of Sheffield.
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On the Plurality of Worlds
TL;DR: In this article, the Thesis of Pluraliry of Worlds is used to describe a Philosopher's Paradise, and the Ersatzist Program is used as an alternative.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
TL;DR: In this article, W. Quine discusses the relationship between coordination and convention, and the meaning of signals and their application in the context of semantics in a possible language and in a population.
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On the Plurality of Worlds
James E. Tomberlin,David Lewis +1 more
TL;DR: On the Plurality of Worlds as discussed by the authors is one of the most influential philosophers of our age, and it is the magnum opus of On the Plurality of Worlds.
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Scorekeeping in a Language Game
TL;DR: It’s not as easy as you might think to say something that will be unacceptable for lack of required presuppositions, and straightway that presupposition springs into existence, making what you said acceptable after all.
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New work for a theory of universals
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of universals is proposed for the theory of universal theory of knowledge. But this theory is based on a theory which is different from the one presented in this paper.