{"product_id":"on-the-plurality-of-worlds-isbn-9780631224266","title":"On the Plurality of Worlds","description":"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.  Preface. \u003cp\u003e1. A Philosopher's Paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thesis of Pluraliry of Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Realism at Work: Modality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Realism at Work: Closeness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Realism at Work: Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Realism at Work: Properties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsolation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcreteness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlenitude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Paradox in Paradise?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything is Actual?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll Worlds in One?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Worlds Than There Are?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Can We Know?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Road to Scepticism?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Road to Indifference?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArbitrariness Lost?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Incredulous Stare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Paradise on the Cheap?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ersatzist Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinguistic Ersatzism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePictorial Ersatzism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagical Ersatzism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Counterparts or Double Lives?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood Questions and Bad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Overlap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Trans-World Individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Haecceitism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Constancy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (1941- 2001) was Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eConvention \u003c\/i\u003e(reissued by Blackwell 2002), \u003ci\u003eCounterfactuals\u003c\/i\u003e (reissued by Blackwell 2000), \u003ci\u003eParts of Classes\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and of numerous articles in metaphysics and other areas. Many of his writings are available in his \u003ci\u003eCollected Papers\u003c\/i\u003e.  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.  \u003cp\u003eAfter putting forward the type of modal realism he favors, Lewis answers numerous objections that have been raised against it. These include an insistence that everything must be actual; paradoxes akin to those that confront naive set theory; arguments that modal realism leads to inductive skepticism, or to disregard for prudence and morality; and finally, sheer incredulity at a theory that disagrees so badly with common opinion. Lewis grants the weight of the last objection, but takes it to be outweighed by the benefits to systematic theory that acceptance of modal realism brings. He asks whether these same benefits might be gained more cheaply if we replace his many worlds by many merely 'abstract' representations; but concludes that all versions of this 'ersatz modal realism' are in serious trouble. In the final chapter, Lewis distinguishes various questions about trans-world identity, and argues that his 'method of counterparts' is preferable to alternative approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989714256101,"sku":"NP9780631224266","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631224266.jpg?v=1761785216","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/on-the-plurality-of-worlds-isbn-9780631224266","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}