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Also known as David K Lewis, David Kellogg Lewis

American philosopher (1941–2001)

Person · Open Library

Born
1942
Works
31

Top works

  • Ekh taʻazor le-yaldekha le-hatsliaḥ be-vet-ha-sefer
  • The man who invented Hitler
  • The brain sell
  • Impulse
  • Upravlenie stressom

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1935-09-29
Active to
2022-10-28

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Listeners
4,669
Total plays
29,090

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Key facts

Born
David Kellogg Lewis , September 28, 1941, Oberlin , Ohio, U.S.
Died
October 14, 2001 (aged 60), Princeton , New Jersey, U.S.
Other name
Bruce Le Catt
Spouse
Stephanie R. Lewis
Education
Swarthmore College ( BA ), St Anne's College, Oxford , Harvard University ( PhD )
Doctoral advisor
Willard Van Orman Quine
Other advisors
Iris Murdoch , Donald Cary Williams
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic , Nominalism , Perdurantism
Institutions
UCLA , Princeton University
Doctoral students
Robert Brandom , Alex Byrne , L. A. Paul , Peter Railton , J. David Velleman
Notable students
Ned Hall
Main interests
Logic · Philosophy of language · Metaphysics , Epistemology · Ethics

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David Lewis (1962) (cropped).webp
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date of birth
1941-09-28
date of death
2001-10-14
name in native language
David Kellogg Lewis
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David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than 30 years.

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