24.260 Topics in Philosophy: David Lewis, Spring 2008

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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.
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2008-06
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148499
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24.260-Spring2008
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24.260
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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
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