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The agential fork : the hidden consequences of agency for plenitude in David Lewis' thesis of genuine modal realism
No full textIn this dissertation, I argue that David Lewis' abductive argument for Genuine Modal Realism (GMR) has the unwelcome, and hidden, implication of being unable to
accommodate agent causation theories of free will. This is because of his formulation of plenitude, which basically says that every way that a world or a part of a world could be is the way that some world, or part of some world is. This formulation tacitly assumes
that chance and nomological principles are sufficient to account for everything that happens at worlds. However, agent causation theories argue that free will is neither reducible to chance nor determined by physics. My argument recasts a fork argument made by Andrew Beedle. I proceed by arguing that chance-based principles evince an ontologically distinct kind of modality than agent causation principles. However,
plenitude only accounts for the physics/chance-based kind of modality. There is no similar principle of plenitude that can be given for agential modality that does not
collapse into the chance-based principle. But even if such a principle could be found, it would violate the doctrine in GMR that claims worlds are causally isolated. If no agential plenitude principle can be found and there is agential modality, then plenitude fails. If there is no agency at our world, and Lewis’ original formulation of plenitude is correct, then GMR implies no agency at any
world. This is the fork: If there is agency and GMR holds, then either plenitude fails, or isolation fails. But if there is no agency, and GMR holds, then there is no agency at any possible world. The latter prong is too strong a claim for an abductive argument like GMR. The
former proves that GMR cannot accommodate agent-causation theories. GMR loses its neutrality either way, to its detriment
Reimagining the academic library/ David W. Lewis.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index."Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries."--Provided by publisher.Introduction: there is a road -- Part one. The forces we face -- Force one: disruption -- Force two: digital documents -- Force three: the book is changing -- Force four: the new scholarly record -- Force five: the economics of information -- Force six: demographics -- Interlude: a conjecture on the nature of digital information -- Part two. Steps down the road -- Step one: defining the job -- Step two: creating the library as place -- Step three: retiring the legacy print collection -- Step four: preserving digital content -- Step five: making the money work -- Step six: working with the smart machine -- Conclusion: ten things to do now.1 online resource (xxi, 170 pages
O realismo modal de David K. Lewis e suas implicações epistêmicas
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia.Uma das dificuldades encontradas na lógica modal diz respeito à semântica. Geralmente, não é possível calcular o valor de 9" a partir do valor de ", ou seja, se " é falsa parece claro que 9" também o é, uma vez que 9" significa que " é necessariamente verdadeira. Se pelo contrario, " é verdadeira, como saber se é contingente ou necessária? O mesmo se dá com "". Se " é verdadeira, "" é verdadeira. Mas qual será o valor de "" se " é falsa? Mesmo falsa, " poderia ser possível. Posta esta dificuldade, foi criada por Saul Kripke a semântica dos mundos possíveis. Enquanto na lógica proposicional clássica uma interpretação consiste na atribuição de valores {V,F} às letras sentenciais e, por extensão, uma atribuição de valores a todas as fórmulas, em lógica modal uma interpretação consiste em um conjunto de mundos possíveis com uma atribuição de valores às fórmulas em cada um deles. Chamamos esta interpretação de modelo de mundos possíveis ou modelo de Kripke. A posição realista de David K. Lewis quanto à semântica de Mundos Possíveis para lógicas modais acarreta muitas objeções entre as quais uma epistemológica. Podemos afirmar nosso conhecimento sobre questões modais, uma vez que tal teoria afirma que não há relações espaço-temporais e causais entre os mundos? É possível conhecer algo que não está acessível à inspeção direta? Lewis faz sua defesa utilizando-se de argumentos a favor do realismo matemático. Alguns dos opositores de Lewis fazem objeção a essa estratégia e contra-argumentam de muitas formas. O objetivo geral do trabalho, além de expor da maneira mais clara possível a discussão em torno do tema, é mostrar que, mesmo que uma defesa cabal do realismo modal seja muito complicada, pelo menos no caso das objeções epistemológicas formuladas por Tom Richards, Willian Lycan e Brian Skyrms, Lewis se sai bem na defesa de sua teoria. Por outro lado, o objetivo específico e principal desta dissertação é fazer uma defesa à objeção epistemológica de Charles Chihara, uma vez que a defesa apresentada por Lewis a seus críticos não o satisfez e a resposta à objeção de Chihara deixou de ser dada por Lewis
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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
Rezension zu: David W. Lewis: Reimagining the academic library
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Lewis, David W.:
Reimagining the academic library / David W. Lewis. – Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. – XXI, 170 Seiten: Illustrationen. – ISBN 978-1-4422-3858-9 : USD 40.00 (Broschur, auch gebunden und als E-Book verfügbar
A Model for Academic Libraries 2005 to 2025
No full textPaper presented at ”Visions of Change,” California State University at Sacramento, January 26, 2007.
THE PUBLISHED VERSION OF THIS PAPER, Lewis, David W. "A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century." College & Research Libraries 68(5):418-434 September 2007, CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1592The paper presents a model for academic libraries for the next 20 years. The parts of the model are: 1.) Complete the migration from print to electronic collections; 2.) Retire legacy print collections; 3.) Redevelop the library space; 4.) Reposition library and information tools, resources, and expertise, and 5.) Migrate the focus of collections from purchasing materials to curating content. The interactions of the parts of the model and organizational issues for implementation are explored.A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century, http://hdl.handle.net/1805/953</a
David Levering Lewis on Du Bois
No full textIn this undated video recording, historian David Levering Lewis speaks to an audience at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, about his 1994 book, W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868�1919. Dr. Lewis reads from chapters on the arrival of the DuBois family in Atlanta in 1898 and their early years in the city. The first section of his reading focuses on Nina DuBois, W.E.B. DuBois's first wife. Lewis recounts the memories of Bazoline Usher, who knew the DuBois family. He also reads from sections discussing W.E.B. DuBois's demeanor, his teaching style, and his scholarship. The reading closes with a consideration of the impact on DuBois of the lynching of Sam Hose and his grief at losing his infant son, Burghardt DuBois. The video closes with a question and answer session
Estate Settlement, David Lewis and two "Indian boys" and an effort to sell an enslaved man named Jerry
No full textThe settlement of the estate of David Lewis which included three enslaved people and two "Indian boys" and his widow Duritha Trail Lewis\u27s effort to sale an enslaved man named Jerry and Brigham Young\u27s response.Document: 3; Sub-documents: a,b,c,d,e,f,g; Appendix:
RG 9015-030-000 Lewis H. Kirk Collection
No full textDNG Camp. Left to Right: Brigadier General William A. McWilliams; Brigadier General William A.F. Pyle; Colonel Lewis H. Kirk; Colonel John W. Davis; Colonel Joshua W. Davis; Major General John B. Moore; Colonel William L. Mowlds; Colonel David B. Harrington; Lt. Col. Richard E. Ramsey; Lt. Col. Edward H. Nelson
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