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2013 Reprint of 1931 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930) was a British mathematician who also made significant and precocious contributions in philosophy and economics before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and was instrumental in translating Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English, and in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and to Cambridge. This volume collects Ramsey's most important papers. Contents: The foundations of mathematics.--Mathematical logic.--On a problem of formal logic.--Universals.--Note on the preceding paper.--Facts and propositions.--Truth and probability.--Further considerations.--Last papers.Product Identifiers
PublisherMartino FINE Books
ISBN-139781614274018
eBay Product ID (ePID)148891655
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Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameThe Foundations of Mathematics and Other Logical Essays
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMathematics
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrank Plumpton Ramsey
FormatPaperback
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Item Height229 mm
Item Weight458 g
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EditorR B Braithwaite
Title_AuthorFrank Plumpton Ramsey