F. P. Ramsey: Critical Reassessments

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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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"'There is little doubt in my mind that Frank Ramsey was the most gifted philosopher of the twentieth century. His ideas are therefore highly important to understand and to develop further. F.P. Ramsey: Critical Reassessments is a welcome contribution to this enterprise and hence deserves to be read and studied' Professor Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University."

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Maria Frapolli is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Granada. She recently co-edited Meaning, Basic Self-Knowledge and Mind: Essays on Tyler Burge (CSLI Publications, 2003)