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Obituary

David Lewis (1941-2001)

by Chris Bloor

David Kellogg Lewis died on October 14th as a result of complications arising from diabetes. He was 60. Although he was primarily as a logician, his work encompassed a wide range of philosophical issues, including language, ethics, mathematics, and the philosophy of mind.

Lewis was born in Ohio and educated at Swarthmore College, in Pennsylvania. Like Daniel Dennett, he was an American scientist who was converted to philosophy by encountering Gilbert Ryle at Oxford.

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