The Age of Metaphysical Revolution

David Lewis and his place in the history of Analytic Philosophy

Letter of the Month, December 2016

by | Dec 31, 2016 | Letter of the Month

At the core of David Lewis’ philosophical outlook is the doctrine of Humean supervenience. According to this doctrine, as he says in the Introduction to Philosophical Papers II, ‘all there is to the world is a vast mosaic of local matters of particular...
Letter of the month, November 2016

Letter of the month, November 2016

by | Nov 29, 2016 | Letter of the Month

David Lewis is well-known for defending a certain version of the identity theory of mind. According to this theory, every mental state is identical with some physical state of the brain. Lewis understood the identity theory of mind along functionalist lines. Mental...