Reality and Humean Supervenience

Gerhard Preyer is professor of social science at J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt. Frank Siebelt is professor of philosophy at J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt.

• Part 1 Modal RealismChapter 2 Island Universes and the Analysis of ModalityChapter 3 Time Travel FictionChapter 4 Counting the Cost of Modal RealismChapter 5 Against Against Overlap and EnduranceChapter 6 The Case for PerdurancePart 7 Physicalism, Causation, and ConditionalsChapter 8 Naturalism for the Faint of HeartChapter 9 Going through the Open Door Again: Counterfactual vs. Singularist theories of CausationChapter 10 On Forward and Backward Counterfactual ConditionsPart 11 Reduction of MindChapter 12 Multiple Reference, Multiple Realization, and the Reduction of MindChapter 13 Knowing What It Is like: The Ability Hypothesis and the Knowledge ArgumentChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 Reality and Humean Supervenience: Some Essays on David Lewis's Philosophy

This collection gathers papers on David Lewis's metaphysics. Since the editors have assembled a superb group of authors, the result is at the cutting edge of the best work in contemporary metaphysics. Together with Lewis's writings it would make for an outstanding seminar in metaphysics.