Frank Ramsey: Truth and Success

ISBN-13: 9780415408288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 116 str.

Jerome Dokic; Pascal Engel

Opis

Despite his tragic death at the age of 26, Frank Ramsey (1903 - 1930) remains one of the most intriguing minds of the twentieth century. His thought had a profound influence on both Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, and many strands of contemporary analytic philosophy find their origin in Ramsey's ideas.
Frank Ramsey: Truth and Success provides a much-needed introduction to the work of this undervalued thinker, and makes an important and profound contribution to our understanding of Ramsey's work and his place in twentieth century philosophy. It will be of interest to all students of logic, metaphysics and the history of philosophy.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Belief, Probability and Truth 2. Realism and Pragmatism 3. Ramsey's Principle 4. The Satisfaction of Desires 5. The Situation of Action .Conclusion .References

O autorze

Jérôme Dokic is "maitre de conferences" in Philosophy at the University of Rouen, and a member of the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris. He is the author of L'esprit en movement: essai sur la dynamique cognitive (2001) and has published various articles on the philosophy of language and mind.
Pascal Engel is professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He is the author of The Norm of Truth: an introduction to the philosophy of logic (1991) and the editor of New Enquiries into Meaning and Truth (1991) and Believing and Accepting (2000).