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Frank Ramsey : a sheer excess of powers
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- ISBN: 9780191074820
- ISBN: 9780198755357
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xxxvi, 500 pages ; illustrations ; 26 cm
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- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Ramsey, Frank Plumpton 1903-1930 Philosophers Great Britain Biography Mathematicians Great Britain Biography Economists Great Britain Biography |
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Frank Ramsey : A Sheer Excess of Powers
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. vii | |
| List of Abbreviations: Archival Sources | p. ix | |
| List of Abbreviation: Published Works of Frank Ramsey and Ludwig Wittgenstein | p. xi | |
| Family Tree | p. xiv | |
| Author's Note | p. xvii | |
| Acknowledgements | p. xix | |
| Preface | p. xxiii | |
| Part I | Boyhood | |
| 1 | The Ramseys | p. 3 |
| 2 | Winchester Nearly Unmade Him | p. 26 |
| 3 | We Really Live in a Great Time for Thinking' | p. 53 |
| Part II | The Cambridge Man | |
| 4 | Undergraduate Life | p. 73 |
| 5 | 'To My Generation, He Was Rather Frightening' | p. 111 |
| 6 | Ramsey and the Early Wittgenstein | p. 128 |
| 7 | Vienna Interlude | p. 147 |
| 8 | 'The Fundamentals Are So Philosophical' | p. 182 |
| 9 | The New Don | p. 193 |
| 10 | Passion Found | p. 203 |
| Part III | An Astonishing Half Decade | |
| 11 | Settling Down in Work and Life | p. 235 |
| 12 | Revolution in Philosophy | p. 256 |
| 13 | Two Crises | p. 282 |
| 14 | Cambridge Economics | p. 296 |
| 15 | Ramseyan Economics: The Feasible First Best | p. 308 |
| 16 | 1928 Return to Mathematics | p. 331 |
| 17 | Wittgenstein Comes Home | p. 345 |
| 18 | 'The Problem of Philosophy Must Be Divided If I Am to Solve It' | p. 382 |
| 19 | The End and Meaning of a Life | p. 411 |
| Endnotes | p. 431 | |
| Illustration Sources | p. 467 | |
| Bibliography | p. 469 | |
| Name Index | p. 485 | |
| Subject Index | p. 492 |
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