F.P. Ramsey [[electronic resource] ] : critical reassessments / / edited by María J. Frápolli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827700403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2005
• ISBN: 1-281-29445-4; 9786611294458; 1-84714-314-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Continuum studies in British philosophy
• Altri autori (Persone): FrápolliMaría José <1960->
• Disciplina: 192
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Mind, Intentionality, and Language. The Impact of Russell's Pragmatism on Ramsey; 2 Ramsey and Wittgenstein: Mutual Influences; 3 The Ramsey Sentence and Theoretical Content; 4 The Contributions of Ramsey to Economics; 5 Ramsey's Theory of Truth and the Origin of the Pro-sentential account; 6 Ramsey's Big Idea; 7 Ramsey's Removal of Russell's 'Axiom of Reducibility' in the Light of Hilbert's Critique of Russell's Logicism; 8 Ramsey and Pragmatism: The Influence of Peirce; 9 Ramsey and the Prospects for Reliabilism; 10 Ontology from Language? Ramsey on Universals11 Ramsey and the Notion of Arbitrary Function; Bibliography of Ramsey's Works; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.Perhaps two of Ramsey's achievements outshine all the rest. One is his treatment of the theoretical terms of