On the Plurality of Worlds

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On the Plurality of Worlds

Hardcover edition
Author	David Lewis
Language	English
Subject	Modal realism, possible worlds
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print, e-book
Pages	288
ISBN	978-0631224969
OCLC	884892760

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.