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Counterfactuals

ISBN: 978-0-631-22495-2

January 2001

Wiley-Blackwell

168 pages

Description
Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary to fact conditionals, including his famous defense of realism about possible worlds.
About the Author
David Lewis (1941- 2001) was Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His publications include Convention (reissued by Blackwell 2002), On the Plurality of Worlds (reissued by Blackwell, 2000), Parts of Classes (1991), and of numerous articles in metaphysics and other areas. Many of his writings are available in his Collected Papers.
Features
  • Written by one of the most distinguished and influential philosophers alive today.
  • Cuts across core issues in logic, metaphysics, language, and epistemology.
  • A Contemporary classic.
  • Counterfactual statements are a perennial subject of interest in philosophical logic.