Ramsey's Legacy

Zusatztext Each of the papers is an important contribution to its field. Klappentext The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey died tragically in 1930 at the age of 26, 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 its ongoing relevance to present-day concerns. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Hallvard Lillehammer: Introduction 2: Jerome Dokic and Pascal Engel: Ramsey's Principle Re-situated 3: Simon Blackburn: Success Semantics 4: Peter M. Sullivan: What is Squiggle? Ramsey on Wittgenstein's Theory of Judgement 5: Michael Potter: Ramsey's Transcendental Argument 6: Dorothy Edgington: Ramsey's Legacies on Conditionals and Truth 7: Fraser MacBride: Ramsey on Universals 8: Pierre Cruse: Empiricism and Ramsey's Account of Theories 9: Frank Jackson: Ramsey Sentences and Avoiding the Sui Generis 10: D. H. Mellor: What does Subjective Decision Theory Tell Us? 11: Partha Dasgupta: Three Conceptions of Intergenerational Justice

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• Authors: Hallvard Lillehammer, Hallvard (EDT)/ Mellor Lillehammer
• Assisted by: Hallvard Lillehammer (Editor), D H Mellor (Editor), D. H. Mellor (Editor), D.H. Mellor (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2005
• EAN: 9780199279555
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927955-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional; Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration