24.260 Topics in Philosophy: David Lewis, Spring 2008
Author(s)
Rayo, Agustin
Alternative Title
Topics in Philosophy: David Lewis
Date Issued
June 2008
Abstract
The class will be devoted to the work of David Lewis, one of the most exciting and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century. We will have seminar-style discussions about his work on counterfactuals, time, causation, probability, and decision-theory.
Subjects
counterfactuals
comparative possibility
counterfactual dependence
time
causation
causal explanation
probability
subjectivity
objectivity
chance
Hume
supervenience
decision theory
Prisoners? Dilemma
Newcomb problem
free will
determinism
plurality of worlds
possible worlds
time travel
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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