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Author | : David Lewis |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2001-02-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780631224266 |
This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true.
Author | : William Whewell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Plurality of worlds |
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Author | : M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1803 |
Genre | : Plurality of worlds |
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Author | : Steven J. Dick |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1984-06-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521319850 |
This book analyses the debate over extraterrestrial life from Aristotle to Kant.
Author | : Andrew L. Blais |
Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Pluralism |
ISBN | : 9781558490727 |
Challenging the thesis that there is only one world, the author builds on Immanuel Kant's notion of metaphysical inversion to develop his idea that a world is the sum total of what exists in a particular time. In arguing that there are many representing beings, actual worlds, and truths, the author addresses ontological questions raised by Protagoras, Plato, and numerous contemporary philosophers. He concludes that there is no social and political reality independent of perspective. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : David Lewis |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2013-05-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1118696417 |
Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary to fact conditionals, including his famous defense of realism about possible worlds.
Author | : Alastair Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198846215 |
This book defends a radical new theory of contingency as a physical phenomenon. Drawing on the many-worlds approach, it argues that quantum theories are best understood as telling us about the space of genuine possibilities, rather than as telling us solely about actuality.
Author | : Pierre Connes |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2021-06-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030414504 |
Modern research has demonstrated that many stars are surrounded by planets—some of which might contain the right conditions to harbor life. This has only reinforced a question that has been tormenting scientists, philosophers and priests since Antiquity: Are there other inhabited worlds beyond our own? This book analyzes the many ways that humans have argued for and depicted extraterrestrial life over the centuries. The first known texts about the subject date from as early as the 6th century BC. Since that time, countless well-known historical characters like Lucretius, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Cusanus, Bruno, Kepler, Descartes, and Huygens contributed to the debate; here, their lesser known opinions on the subject are studied in detail. It is often difficult for the modern mind to follow the thinking of our ancestors, which can only be understood when placed in the relevant context. The book thus extends its scope to the evolution of ideas about cosmology in general, as well as the culture in which these great thinkers wrote. The research is presented with the author's insights and humor, making this an easy and enjoyable read.
Author | : Richard Anthony Proctor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
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Author | : David Lewis |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2013-05-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1118695771 |
Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions are contrasted with other kinds of regularity, and conventions governing systems of communication are given special attention.