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Frank Ramsey

A Sheer Excess of Powers

by Cheryl Misak

Recommended by Nigel Warburton and Diane Coyle

Recommended by Nigel Warburton and Diane Coyle

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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Social Sciences.

When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal. Had he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of th...

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Nigel Warburton

@billt That’s a great book! | So here it is! My choice of the best philosophy books of 2020. Obviously a personal selection. Many other excellent books came out this year.
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