Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology

✍ Scribed by David Lewis

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 463
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is part of a three-volume collection of most of David Lewis' papers in philosophy, except for those that previously appeared in his Philosophical Papers (Oxford University Press, 1983 and 1986). They are now offered in a readily accessible form. This second volume is devoted to Lewis' work in metaphysics and epistemology. 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.

✦ Table of Contents

First Page......Page 1
Series Title......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
1 New work for a theory of universals......Page 18
2 Putnam's paradox......Page 66
3 Against structural universals......Page 88
4 A comment on Armstrong and Forrest......Page 118
5 Extrinsic properties......Page 121
6 Defining 'intrinsic' (with Rae Langton)......Page 126
7 Finkish dispositions......Page 143
8 Noneism or allism?......Page 162
9 Many, but almost one......Page 174
10 Casati and Varzi on holes (with Stephanie Lewis)......Page 193
11 Rearrangement of particles: Reply to Lowe......Page 197
12 Armstrong on combinatorial possibility......Page 206
13 A world of truthmakers?......Page 225
14 Maudlin and modal mystery......Page 231
15 Humean Supervenience debugged......Page 234
16 Psychophysical and theoretical identifications......Page 258
17 What experience teaches......Page 272
18 Reduction of mind......Page 301
19 Should a materialist believe in qualia?......Page 335
20 Naming the colours......Page 342
21 Percepts and color mosaics in visual experience......Page 369
22 Individuation by acquaintance and by stipulation......Page 383
23 Why conditionalize?......Page 413
24 What puzzling Pierre does not believe......Page 418
25 Elusive knowledge......Page 428
C......Page 457
F......Page 458
J......Page 459
O......Page 460
R......Page 461
T......Page 462
W......Page 463