Gerhard Preyer, Frank Siebelt

Reality and Humean Supervenience

Essays on the Philosophy of David Lewis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reality and Humean Supervenience confronts the reader with central aspects in the philosophy of David Lewis, whose work in ontology, metaphysics, logic, probability, philosophy of mind, and language articulates a unique and systematic foundation for modern physicalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780742512016
• ISBN-10: 0742512010
• Artikelnr.: 21463072

Autorenporträt

Gerhard Preyer is professor of social science at J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt. Frank Siebelt is professor of philosophy at J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Modal Realism Chapter 2 Island Universes and the Analysis of
Modality Chapter 3 Time Travel Fiction Chapter 4 Counting the Cost of Modal
Realism Chapter 5 Against Against Overlap and Endurance Chapter 6 The Case
for Perdurance Part 7 Physicalism, Causation, and Conditionals Chapter 8
Naturalism for the Faint of Heart Chapter 9 Going through the Open Door
Again: Counterfactual vs. Singularist theories of Causation Chapter 10 On
Forward and Backward Counterfactual Conditions Part 11 Reduction of Mind
Chapter 12 Multiple Reference, Multiple Realization, and the Reduction of
Mind Chapter 13 Knowing What It Is like: The Ability Hypothesis and the
Knowledge Argument Chapter 14 Index Chapter 15 Reality and Humean
Supervenience: Some Essays on David Lewis's Philosophy