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Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - John - Goodreads

This is David Lewis' capstone work that clearly lays out his theory of plural worlds that serves the purpose of providing entities that "play the role" of worlds, properties, thought content, modality ... Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Matt - Goodreads

Classic, of course. Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Phill Melton - Goodreads

Insightful, brilliantly argued, and a salient warning on the dangers of following common sense principles to their logical conclusions. On Tuesdays, I agree with Lewis; every other day, I'm with ... Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Jared - Goodreads

A classic in analytic metaphysics. Remarkably simple and clever arguments for such a shocking thesis. The greatest part? The typical criticism of modal realism (that it inflates our ontology above a ... Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - zoot - Goodreads

If you're at all interested in analytic philosophy, it's surely worth being acquainted with David Lewis, and this is probably the essential Lewis book. His defence of modal realism is beautifully ... Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Albert - Goodreads

Thought provoking, but often confusing and poorly argued. I'm not convinced by Lewis that something like linguistic ersatzism is a bad account of modality. Read full review

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User Review - Matthieu - Goodreads

It's beautiful and rigourous and possibly (quite) wrong. Kripke attacked it because he was unable to grasp its deeper meaning(s) and implication(s)... Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Adam - Goodreads

Oh, he's probably wrong, but this is insanely good shit. Read full review

Review: On the Plurality of Worlds

User Review - Philip - Goodreads

In years to come, David Lewis will probably be remembered as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century (standing beside Frege, Russell, and Quine). It would be difficult, at any rate ... Read full review