Editing Analytic philosophy (section)

===== David Lewis =====
American philosopher [[David Lewis (philosopher)|David Lewis]] defended a number of elaborate metaphysical theories. In works such as ''[[On the Plurality of Worlds]]'' (1986) and ''Counterfactuals'' (1973) he argued for [[modal realism]] and [[counterpart theory]]{{snd}}the belief in real, concrete [[possible world]]s. According to Lewis, "actual" is merely an indexical label we give a world when we are in it. Lewis also defended what he called Humean [[supervenience]], a [[Counterfactual conditional|counterfactual theory]] of [[Causality|causation]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Hitchcock |first=Christopher |title=Lewis on Causation |date=6 March 2015 |work=A Companion to David Lewis |pages=295–311 |place=Oxford, UK |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |doi=10.1002/9781118398593.ch19 |isbn=978-1-118-39859-3}}</ref> and contributed to [[Abstract and concrete|abstract object]] theory.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=David |date=March 1986 |title=Against structural universals |journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=25–46 |doi=10.1080/00048408612342211 |issn=0004-8402}}</ref> He became closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than 30 years.