David Lewis's philosophy of language

Mind and Language 18 (3):286–295 (2003)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Lewis never saw philosophy of language as foundational in the way that many have. One of the most distinctive features of his work is the robust confidence that questions in metaphysics or mind can be addressed head on, and not through the lens of language.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1111/1468-0017.00228

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,881

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

David Lewis: On the Plurality of Worlds.Phillip Bricker - 2006 - In John Shand (ed.), Central Works of Philosophy, Vol. 5: The Twentieth Century: Quine and After. Acumen Publishing. pp. 246-267.
Lewis' strawman.Eric Margolis & Stephen Laurence - 2002 - Philosophical Quarterly 52 (206):55-65.
Convention and language.Henry Jackman - 1998 - Synthese 117 (3):295-312.
Elusive knowledge.David Lewis - 1996 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74 (4):549 – 567.
Lewisian themes: the philosophy of David K. Lewis.Frank Jackson & Graham Priest (eds.) - 2004 - New York: Oxford University Press.
David Lewis’s Place in Analytic Philosophy.Scott Soames - 2014 - In A companion to David Lewis. Princeton University Press. pp. 139-166.
What Are Centered Worlds?Shen-yi Liao - 2012 - Philosophical Quarterly 62 (247):294-316.
A Chomskian alternative to convention-based semantics.Stephen Laurence - 2010 - In Darragh Byrne & Max Kölbel (eds.), Arguing about language. New York: Routledge. pp. 269--301.
Agreements, conventions, and language.Margaret Gilbert - 1983 - Synthese 54 (3):375 - 407.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
230 (#87,658)

6 months
10 (#268,574)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Richard Holton
Cambridge University

Citations of this work

The Role of Naturalness in Lewis's Theory of Meaning.Brian Weatherson - 2013 - Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy 1 (10).
Mental Files: Replies to my Critics.François Recanati - 2013 - Disputatio 5 (36):207-242.
Lewis on iterated knowledge.Bernhard Salow - 2016 - Philosophical Studies 173 (6):1571-1590.
Introduction.[author unknown] - 2013 - Introduction 5 (36):i-vi.
Introduction.[author unknown] - 2013 - Introduction 5 (36):i-vi.

View all 6 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

Modal fictionalism.Gideon Rosen - 1990 - Mind 99 (395):327-354.

Add more references