Prospects for pragmatism : essays in memory of F. P. Ramsey / edited by D. H. Mellor. - Cambridge [Eng.] : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980. - xiii, 261 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Haack, S. Is truth flat or bumpy?--Chihara, C. S. Ramsey's theory of types.--Loar, B. Ramsey's theory of belief and truth.--Skorupski, J. Ramsey on Belief.--Hookway, C. Inference, partial belief, and psychological laws.--Skyrms, B. Higher order degrees of belief.--Mellor, D. H. Consciousness and degrees of belief.--Blackburn, S. Opinions and chances.--Grandy, R. E. Ramsey, reliability, and knowledge.--Cohen, L. J. The problem of natural laws.--Giedymin, J. Hamilton's method in geometrical optics and Ramsey's view of theories.

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Ramsey, Frank Plumpton, 1903-1930.


Pragmatism.
Belief and doubt.

144.3 / PRO 1980