David Lewis

ORCID: 0000-0003-0732-9020
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Research Areas
  • International Development and Aid
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Community Development and Social Impact
  • Music History and Culture
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
  • Social and Economic Development in India
  • Diverse Musicological Studies
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
  • Foucault, Power, and Ethics
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Political and Economic history of UK and US
  • Classical Antiquity Studies

London School of Economics and Political Science
2013-2023

University of Edinburgh
2015-2021

Middlesex University
2015-2020

Middlesex University
1974-2018

Emory and Henry College
2018

Northern Illinois University
2017

Institute of History and Archaeology
2014-2017

New York University Press
1965-2017

University of California System
2017

London Business School
2017

If I hear the patter of little feet around house, expect Bruce. What is a cat, particular cat. heard such in another might cat but no then seems to be Meinongian incomplete winter, stormy weather, shovel snow, fatigue-a season, phenomenon, an activity, state. that someday mankind will inhabit at least five planets. This time what state affairs. we let surface grammar our guide, objects expectation seem quite miscellany. The same goes for belief, since one kind belief. desire: could want...

10.2307/2184843 article EN The Philosophical Review 1979-10-01

Today I am typing words on a page. Suppose today were different. different words. Then plainly tomorrow would be also; for instance, appear the Would yesterday also different? If so, how? Invited to answer, you will perhaps come up with something. But do not think there is anything can say about how that seem clearly and uncontroversially true. The way future depends counterfactually present is. different, different; are counterfactual conditionals, many of them as unquestionably true...

10.2307/2215339 article EN Noûs 1979-11-01

(1972). Psychophysical and theoretical identifications. Australasian Journal of Philosophy: Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 249-258.

10.1080/00048407212341301 article EN Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1972-12-01

10.1080/00048409612347521 article EN Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1996-12-01

Preface Acknowledgements Development jargon defined Anthropological 1: Anthropology, Development, and the Crisis of Modernity 2: Applying Anthropology : An Historical Background 3: The 4: Subverting Discourse Knowledge Practice 5: New Directions Change 6: Anthropologists in 7: Beyond Development? Works Cited Index

10.2307/3034468 article EN Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 1998-03-01

This article considers the usefulness of concept civil society — both as an analytical construct and a policy tool in non–Western contexts, drawing on selected review literature Africa from anthropology development studies. Rejecting arguments that has little meaning outside its Western origins, but critical sometimes crude export by donors seeking to build ‘good governance’, author examines different local meanings being created around part increasingly universal negotiation between...

10.1111/1467-7660.00270 article EN Development and Change 2002-09-01

10.1007/bf00354100 article RO Philosophical Studies 1983-09-01

Journal Article Desire as Belief II Get access DAVID LEWIS Department of Philosophy, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mind, Volume 105, Issue 418, April 1996, Pages 303–313, https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/105.418.303 Published: 01 1996

10.1093/mind/105.418.303 article EN Mind 1996-04-01

Abstract Russia has begun to promote itself internationally as a mediator of conflict and ‘peacemaker’. Russian officials cite its extensive experience in managing numerous post-Soviet conflicts more recent intervention civil wars Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR) Nagorno-Karabakh. considers all these activities forms ‘peacemaking’, but approach differs radically from model liberal peacebuilding that dominated international practice post-Cold War era. It prioritizes...

10.1093/ia/iiab221 article EN cc-by International Affairs 2022-03-01

Development NGOs now face a range of critical challenges. In variety contexts they are struggling to maintain their integrity and independence, while at the same time taking on growing role in fight against global poverty. David Lewis Tina Wallace have assembled wide-ranging, up-to-date study this phenomenon, making it essential reading for NGO staff all levels as well students development trends. This overview considers issues such search greater relevance, improved accountability better...

10.5860/choice.38-6297 article EN Choice Reviews Online 2001-07-01

10.1023/a:1021430006860 article VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 1999-01-01

Abstract Culture has received increasing attention in critical development studies, though the notion that there are important cultural differences within and between organizations less consideration. This paper elaborates elements of a framework for studying organizational culture multi‐agency projects. It draws on selected writings anthropology theory suggests these two bodies literature can be usefully brought together, as well insights from ongoing fieldwork Bangladesh, Burkina Faso...

10.1002/jid.1004 article EN Journal of International Development 2003-06-23

10.1111/j.0034-0472.2004.03801011_1.x article EN Literacy 2004-02-27

For anyone interested in development issues, the beginning of 21st Century does not feel like a particularly optimistic time. There has certainly been bold recent shift policy ...

10.1080/13600810500495907 article EN Oxford Development Studies 2006-02-07
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