C. I. Lewis
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C. I. Lewis was an American philosopher best known for his work in modal logic and epistemology, helping to shape 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| C. I. Lewis canonical | 9 |
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| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1883-04-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1964-02-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developed | systems of strict implication ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ modal logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Clarence Irving Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Clarence
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Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nelson Goodman
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Roderick Chisholm NERFINISHED ⓘ W. V. O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ analytic epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Sanders Peirce
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conceptual pragmatism
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development of modern modal logic ⓘ work in epistemology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
modal logic
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theory of knowledge ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Survey of Symbolic Logic
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An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mind and the World-Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Symbolic Logic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | pragmatism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
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