Frank Plumpton Ramsey
1903-1930
English mathematician best known for his criticisms of Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's Principia Mathematica. Ramsey showed how to eliminate the ax...
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), a brilliant Cambridge philosopher and logician, attempted to give a satisfactory account of the foundations of mathematics in accordance with the metho...
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Ramsey, Frank Plumpton(1903–1930)
Frank Plumpton Ramsey, the Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant men of his generation; his highly original papers on the foun...
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The English mathematician and philosopher Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930) was recognized as an authority in mathematical logic.Frank Ramsey was born on Feb. 22, 1903. His father, Arthur Ramsey, was ...
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In spite of his short life and consequently abbreviated career, Frank P. Ramsey is a major figure in twentieth-century British philosophy. His work ranges from logic to economics, probability and deci...
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Despite the shortness of his life, Frank Plumpton Ramsey had a strong influence on the world of mathematical logic. He launched a new specialty within his field now known as Ramsey theory, which deals...
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey was born in Cambridge, England, in 1903. He was the older son of A. S. Ramsey, a mathematician who later became president of Magdalene College at Cambridge University. Ramsey's y...
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