| Description |
ix, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How many lives has Schrodinger's cat? : the Jack Smart lecture, Canberra, 27 June 2001 / David Lewis -- Counting the holes / Roberto Casati & Achille C. Varzi -- Adequacy conditions for counterpart theory / M.J. Cresswell -- Don't forget about the correspondence theory of truth / Marian David -- Second-order predication and the metaphysics of properties / Andy Egan -- Infinitesimal chances and the laws of nature / Adam Elga -- Desire beyond belief / Alan Hajek & Philip Pettit -- Two mistakes about credence and chance / Ned Hall -- As good as it gets : Lewis on truth in fiction / Richard Hanley -- Elusive knowledge of things in themselves / Rae Langton -- The ballad of Ugly Dave / Jim Mackenzie -- Moral realism with overlap / Kris McDaniel -- David Lewis and Schrodinger's cat / David Papineau -- Distributional properties / Josh Parsons -- The context of essence / L.A. Paul -- Worldly indeterminacy : a rough guide / Gideon Rosen & Nicholas J.J. Smith -- Quiddistic knowledge / Jonathan Schaffer -- Lewis on intentionality / Robert Stalnaker -- Transworld similarity and transworld belief / Barry Taylor -- Counterpossibles and similarity / David Vander Laan. |
| Subject |
Lewis, David K. (David Kellogg), 1941-2001.
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Philosophy, American -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, Frank, 1943-
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Priest, Graham.
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| ISBN |
0199274568 (pbk.) |
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019927455X (hbk.) |
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9780199274550 (hbk.) |
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9780199274567 (pbk.) |
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