David Lewis (philosopher)

American philosopher (1941–2001) David LewisLewis in 1962BornDavid Kellogg LewisSeptember 28, 1941Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.DiedOctober 14, 2001 (aged 60)Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.Other name"Bruce Le Catt"SpouseStephanie R. LewisEducationEducationSwarthmore College (BA)St Anne's College, OxfordHarvard University (PhD)Doctoral advisorWillard Van Orman QuineOther advisorsIris Murdoch, Donald Cary WilliamsPhilosophical workEra20th-century philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolAnalyticNominalismPerdurantismInstitutionsUCLAPrinceton UniversityDoctoral studentsRobert Brandom, Alex Byrne, L. A. Paul, Peter Railton, J. David VellemanNotable studentsNed HallMain interestsLogic · Philosophy of language · MetaphysicsEpistemology · EthicsNotable ideasPossible worldsModal realismCounterfactualsCounterpart theoryPrincipal principleHumean supervenienceLaws of nature as the theorems of the deductive system best combining simplicity and strengthLewis signaling gameLewis's triviality resultConversational scoreboardFunctional specification theoryThe endurantism–perdurantism distinctionDescriptive-causal theory of referenceDe seQualitative vs quantitative parsimonyRamsey–Lewis methodGunkOntologic