Ramsey's Legacy

Hallvard Lillehammer, D. H. Mellor (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-927955-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2005
Reihe/Serie	Mind Association Occasional Series
Zusatzinfo	2 line drawings, numerous mathematical examples
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 242 mm
Gewicht	403 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-19-927955-1 / 0199279551
ISBN-13	978-0-19-927955-5 / 9780199279555
Zustand	Neuware