David K. Lewis

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
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 language
philosophy of mind
philosophical logic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David K. Lewis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Wesley_Salmon
gptkb:Hilary_Putnam
gptkb:Kit_Fine
gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Graham_Priest
gptkb:Richard_Rorty
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:David_Lewis
gptkb:David_Chalmers
gptkb:Elizabeth_Anscombe
gptkb:John_Searle
gptkb:Stephen_Yablo
gptkb:Timothy_Williamson
gptkb:Saul_Kripke
gptkb:David_Papineau
gptkb:Frank_Jackson
gptkb:Richard_Jeffrey
gptkb:Ruth_Barcan_Marcus
Immanuel Kant
Robert Stalnaker
Alfred Tarski
Michael Dummett
Peter van Inwagen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W.V.O._Quine
gptkb:Rudolf_Carnap
gptkbp:knownFor philosophical logic
modal realism
counterfactuals
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableAlumni theories of meaning
possible worlds
causal theory of reference
truth in fiction
gptkbp:notableWork Counterfactuals
The Principles of Mathematics
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Parts of Classes
On_the_Plurality_of_Worlds
gptkbp:occupation professor
gptkbp:spouse Yvonne_Lewis