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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521587875
ISBN-139780521587877
eBay Product ID (ePID)1011948
Product Key Features
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePapers in Metaphysics and Epistemology
Publication Year1999
SubjectEpistemology, Metaphysics
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorDavid Lewis
SeriesCambridge Studies in Philosophy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-025689
Dewey Edition21
Volume NumberVol. 2
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal110
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. New Work for a theory of universals; 2. Putnam's paradox; 3. Against structural universals; 4. A comment on Armstrong and Forrest; 5. Extrinsic properties; 6. Defining 'intrinsic' (with Rae Langton); 7. Finkish dispositions; 8. Noneism or Allism?; 9. Many, but almost one; 10. Casati and Varzi on holes (with Stephanie Lewis); 11. Rearrangement of particles: reply to Lowe; 12. Armstrong on combinatorial possibility; 13. A world of truthmakers?; 14. Maudlin and modal mystery; 15. Humean supervenience debugged; 16. Psychophysical and theoretical identifications; 17. What experience teaches; 18. Reduction of mind; 19. Should a materialist believe in Qualia?; 20. Naming the colours; 21. Percepts and color mosaics in visual experience; 22. Individuation by acquaintance and by stipulation; 23. Why conditionalize?; 24. What puzzling Pierre does not believe; 25. Elusive knowledge; Index.
SynopsisSecond part of a three-volume collection of most of David Lewis's papers in philosophy. This second volume is devoted to Lewis's work in metaphysics and epistemology. The papers are offered here in a readily accessible form, disseminating the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher., This volume is devoted to Lewis's work in metaphysics and epistemology. Topics covered include properties, ontology, possibility, truthmaking, probability, the mind-body problem, vision, belief, and knowledge. The purpose of this collection, and the volumes that precede and follow it, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher. The volume will serve as a useful work of reference for teachers and students of philosophy.