As good as it gets: Lewis on truth in fiction
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 82 (1):112 – 128 (2004)
| Abstract | David Lewis's approach to analysing truth in fiction, significantly amended by 'Postscripts' in 1983, has been widely criticized on three main grounds, and it seems fair to say that nearly every writer on the subject thinks that one of these grounds is sufficient to show that Lewis is mistaken. I argue that with some minor revision, Lewis's approach survives all extant objections. Indeed, I judge the Lewis approach to be even more successful than Lewis himself seems to think. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,705 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesDavid Lewis (1978). Truth in Fiction. American Philosophical Quarterly 15 (1):37--46.
Robert Northcott (2009). On Lewis, Schaffer and the Non-Reductive Evaluation of Counterfactuals. Theoria 75 (4):336-343.
Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (2007). Fiction-Making as a Gricean Illocutionary Type. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 65 (2):203–216.
Sungho Choi (2005). Understanding the Influence Theory of Causation: A Critique of Strevens. Erkenntnis 63 (1):101 - 118.
John Greco (2006). How to Be a Pragmatist: C. I. Lewis and Humean Skepticism. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 42 (1):24-31.
C. S. Lewis (1946/2001). The Great Divorce: A Dream. Harpersanfrancisco.
Peter A. Graham (2008). A Defense of Local Miracle Compatibilism. Philosophical Studies 140 (1):65 - 82.
David Lewis (1983). Postscript to Truth in Fiction. In Philosophical Papers. Oxford University Press.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads202 ( #1,248 of 549,224 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #37,418 of 549,224 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
