David D. Lewis

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
logician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences_Member
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_Fellow
gptkbp:born September 28, 1941
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:died October 14, 2001
gptkbp:field philosophy
metaphysics
philosophy of science
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David D. Lewis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Stephen_C._Pepper
gptkb:Richard_Swinburne
gptkb:David_Kaplan
gptkb:Robert_Brandom
gptkb:Hilary_Putnam
gptkb:Philip_Goff
gptkb:Evan_Thompson
gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Graham_Priest
gptkb:Richard_Rorty
gptkb:John_McDowell
gptkb:David_Chalmers
gptkb:Alex_Byrne
gptkb:John_Searle
gptkb:Stephen_Yablo
gptkb:Timothy_Williamson
gptkb:Susan_Haack
gptkb:Katherine_Hawley
gptkb:Philip_Kitcher
gptkb:Saul_Kripke
gptkb:Catherine_Elgin
gptkb:David_Papineau
gptkb:Mark_Johnston
gptkb:David_Lewis_Anderson
gptkb:Frank_Jackson
gptkb:Gideon_Rosen
gptkb:Richard_Boyd
Robert Stalnaker
Michael Dummett
Peter van Inwagen
Daniel Stoljar
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W.V.O._Quine
gptkb:Rudolf_Carnap
gptkbp:knownFor philosophical logic
modal realism
counterfactuals
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableAlumni the problem of evil
theories of meaning
the nature of possible worlds
gptkbp:notableWork Counterfactuals
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Parts of Classes
The Mind and the World
On_the_Plurality_of_Worlds
gptkbp:occupation professor
gptkbp:spouse Yvonne_Lewis