Ep. 240: David Lewis on Possible Worlds and Language Games (Part One), The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

On Ch. 4 of Lewis's book Counterfactuals (1973) and the essays “Scorekeeping in a Language Game” (1979) and “Truth in Fiction” (1978). What makes a sentence about possibility true? Lewis thinks that we need possible worlds that really exist in order to make sense of our modal intuitions. He uses this possible-world talk to make sense of conversations and the worlds created by fiction writers. With guest Matt Teichman from Elucidations. Please support PEL!

Best Of the Year Anthologies

Partially Examined Life #240: David Lewis on Possible Worlds and

Listen to PhilosophyPodcasts.Org podcast

Articles

(PDF) 2020 EOA Best Education Practices Clearinghouse Directory

Time Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Distinguished Artist or Lecturer

New Scientist Podcasts - Podcast

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture

Nationwide Children's News Releases