On the Plurality of Worlds

On the Plurality of Worlds
Hardcover edition
AuthorDavid Lewis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectModal realism, possible worlds
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages288
ISBN978-0631224969
OCLC884892760

On the Plurality of Worlds (1986)[1] is a book by the philosopher David Lewis that defends the thesis of modal realism.[2] "The thesis states that the world we are part of is but one of a plurality of worlds," as he writes in the preface, "and that we who inhabit this world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds." It is not to be confused with cosmic pluralism.

  1. ^ Lewis, David K: On the Plurality of Worlds; Blackwell, Oxford 1986. ISBN 0-631-22496-3
  2. ^ "On the Plurality of Worlds". Wiley. Retrieved 11 October 2018.