David Lewis as a nine-year-old boy, giving a lecture to his sister Ellen and brother Donald. (Photograph by Ewart Lewis, used courtesy of the Lewis family.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Agustín Rayo
MIT Course Number
24.260
As Taught In
Spring 2008
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
The class will be devoted to the work of David Lewis, one of the most exciting and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century. We will have seminar-style discussions about his work on counterfactuals, time, causation, probability, and decision-theory.