Pascal Blaise

Ramsey's Legacy Mind Association Occasional Series

2005 · rif. F7-3OQV-C31Z — 2005 OUP hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey 1903-1930 died tragically young but had already established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Besides groundbreaking work in philosophy particularly in logic language and metaphysics he created modern decision theory and made substantial contributions to mathematics and economics. In these original essays written to commemorate the centenary of Ramsey's birth a distinguished international team of contributors offer fresh perspectives on his work and show how relevant it is to present-day concerns. Each of the ten essays addresses fundamental and contentious issues including success semantics propositions infinity conditionals conceptual analysis decision theory and intergenerational justice. They also shed light on the intellectual context in which Ramsey developed his thought including his relationship with such leading thinkers as John Maynard Keynes Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein. The volume will be indispensable reading for anyone interested in the recent history of philosophy and economics as well as for practitioners and students of logic metaphysics philosophy of mathematics philosophy of science philosophy of mind decision theory and welfare economics. Contents: Introduction 1. Occasionalism and the Mind-Body Problem 2. Descartes and Occasional Causation 3. Occasionalism and General Will in Malebranche Postscript 4. Knowledge Volitional Agency and Causation in Malebranche and Geulincx 5. Dualism and Occasionalism: Arnauld and the Development of Cartesian Metaphysics 6. The Occasionalism of Louis de la Forge 7. Louis de la Forge and the Development of Occasionalism: Continuous Creation and the Activity of the Soul 8. Cordemoy and Occasionalism 9. 'No Necessary Connection': The Medieval Roots of the Occasionalist Roots of Hume Postscript 10. Choosing a Theodicy: The Leibniz-Malebranche-Arnauld Connection Oxford University Press hardcover