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Author: David Lewis (Princeton University)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.30cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 24.70cm
Weight: 0.327kg
ISBN: 9780631224259
ISBN 10: 0631224254
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 10 November 2000
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Contrary-to-fact conditionals have provided logical analysts with fascinating puzzles. (This book) has a unitary theme presented clearly and attractively for the most part with only the unavoidable minimum of formal apparatus. The theme is pursued confidently and relentlessly without evasions or qualifications. Times Literary Supplement This is an excellent book. It combines shrewd philosophical sense with a fine technical expertise. The statement of views is concise and forthright. Kit Fine, Mind This essay is a virtuoso performance. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Beautifully and lucidly written and full of clever ideas. It contains very many philosophical insights and comparisons. J. J. C. Smart, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
'Contrary-to-fact conditionals have provided logical analysts with fascinating puzzles. (This book) has a unitary theme presented clearly and attractively for the most part with only the unavoidable minimum of formal apparatus. The theme is pursued confidently and relentlessly without evasions or qualifications. Times Literary Supplement This is an excellent book. It combines shrewd philosophical sense with a fine technical expertise. The statement of views is concise and forthright. Kit Fine, Mind This essay is a virtuoso performance. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Beautifully and lucidly written and full of clever ideas. It contains very many philosophical insights and comparisons. J. J. C. Smart, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
"'Contrary-to-fact conditionals have provided logical analysts with fascinating puzzles. (This book) has a unitary theme presented clearly and attractively for the most part with only the unavoidable minimum of formal apparatus. The theme is pursued confidently and relentlessly without evasions or qualifications." Times Literary Supplement "This is an excellent book. It combines shrewd philosophical sense with a fine technical expertise. The statement of views is concise and forthright." Kit Fine, Mind "This essay is a virtuoso performance." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science "Beautifully and lucidly written and full of clever ideas. It contains very many philosophical insights and comparisons." J. J. C. Smart, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Author Information
David Lewis (1941- 2001) was Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His publications include Convention (reissued by Blackwell 2002), On the Plurality of Worlds (reissued by Blackwell, 2000), Parts of Classes (1991), and of numerous articles in metaphysics and other areas. Many of his writings are available in his Collected Papers.
