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F. P. Ramsey: Critical Reassessments

By María José Frápolli

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2005
ISBN
0826476007, 9780826476005
Open Library ID
OL22616601M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2226663 bytes)
Series
Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
Edition
First Edition
Pages
273\273
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 19:45:58

Description

Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903--1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant people of his generation. He lived in an extraordinarily stimulating milieu, surrounded by figures such as Russell, Whitehead, Keynes, Moore, and Wittgenstein. Ramsey's highly original papers on the foundations of mathematics, probability, economics, philosophy of science and the theory of knowledge were very influential in the 20th century and are still widely discussed in the 21st. This collection of eleven new papers, specially written to commemorate his centenary, answers a crying need for more secondary literature on Frank Ramsey. Nearly all the aspects of Ramsey's work are examined: his logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology, pragmatism, economics, and the mutual influences between Ramsey and Wittgenstein. The book will be eagerly welcomed by those working in many branches of analytic philosophy, and beyond.

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