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Ramsey's Legacy Hallvard Lillehammer (University of Cambridge)

Ramsey's Legacy By Hallvard Lillehammer (University of Cambridge)

Ramsey's Legacy by Hallvard Lillehammer (University of Cambridge)


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A collection of essays, offering fresh perspectives on Frank Ramsey's work and showing how relevant it is to modern-day concerns. This volume is useful for those interested in the history of philosophy and economics, as well as for practitioners and students of logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science.

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Ramsey's Legacy by Hallvard Lillehammer (University of Cambridge)

The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey (1903-1930) died tragically young, but had already established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Besides groundbreaking work in philosophy, particularly in logic, language, and metaphysics, he created modern decision theory and made substantial contributions to mathematics and economics. In these original essays, written to commemorate the centenary of Ramsey's birth, a distinguished international team of contributors offer fresh perspectives on his work and show how relevant it is to present-day concerns. Each of the ten essays addresses fundamental and contentious issues, including success semantics, propositions, infinity, conditionals, conceptual analysis, decision theory, and intergenerational justice. They also shed light on the intellectual context in which Ramsey developed his thought, including his relationship with such leading thinkers as John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. The volume will be indispensable reading for anyone interested in the recent history of philosophy and economics, as well as for practitioners and students of logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, decision theory, and welfare economics.

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Each of the papers is an important contribution to its field. * Jim Mackenzie, Zentralblatt *

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ; 2. Ramsey's Principle Re-situated ; 3. Success Semantics ; 4. What is Squiggle? Ramsey on Wittgenstein's Theory of Judgement ; 5. Ramsey's Transcendental Argument ; 6. Ramsey's Legacies on Conditionals and Truth ; 7. Ramsey on Universals ; 8. Empiricism and Ramsey's Account of Theories ; 9. Ramsey Sentences and Avoiding the Sui Generis ; 10. What does Subjective Decision Theory Tell Us? ; 11. Three Conceptions of Intergenerational Justice

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NPB9780199279555
9780199279555
0199279551
Ramsey's Legacy by Hallvard Lillehammer (University of Cambridge)
New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2005-07-28
196
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