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Frank P. Ramsey

British mathematician, philosopher, and economist (1903-1930) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 26

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A mathematician who died at 26 having already reshaped logic, economics, and philosophy - and translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus as an undergraduate.

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1930Died19 January 19301929“But what we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either.”In their wordsGenerally accepted as commentary on Wittgenstein's dictum "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent". See Cora Diamond, "'We

1928“The first problem I propose to tackle is this: how much of its income should a nation save?”In their wordsDecember 1928"A Mathematical Theory of Saving", The Economic Journal, Vol. 38, No. 152 (Dec., 1928)

“It is worth pausing for a moment to consider how far our conclusions are affected by considerations which our simplifying assumptions have forced us to neglect.”In their wordsDecember 1928"A Mathematical Theory of Saving", The Economic Journal, Vol. 38, No. 152 (Dec., 1928)

1925“The object of this paper is to give a satisfactory account of the Foundations of Mathematics in accordance with the general method of Frege, Whitehead and Russell.”In their wordsPreface

“The formalist school, of whom the most eminent representative is Hilbert, have concentrated on the propositions of mathematics, such as '2 + 2 = 4'.”In their wordsRead to the London Mathematical Society in 1925, and reproduced in The Foundations of Mathematics, and other Logical Essays (1931)

“Tautologies and contradictions are not real propositions, but degenerate cases.”In their wordsRead to the London Mathematical Society in 1925, and reproduced in The Foundations of Mathematics, and other Logical Essays (1931)

1903Born22 February 1903

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  1. Philosophy must be of some use and we must take it seriously; it must clear our thoughts and so our actions.

    1929, "Philosophy" (1929) as quoted by Nils-Eric Sahlin, The Philosophy of F. P. Ramsey (1990), Own words

  2. But what we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either.

    1929, Generally accepted as commentary on Wittgenstein's dictum "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent". See Cora Diamond, "'We, Own words

  3. The first problem I propose to tackle is this: how much of its income should a nation save?

    Dec 1928, "A Mathematical Theory of Saving", The Economic Journal, Vol. 38, No. 152 (Dec., 1928), Own words

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Frank Plumpton Ramsey was born on 22 February 1903 in Britain. While still an undergraduate, he translated Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English and became close friends with the Austrian philosopher. He joined the Cambridge Apostles, the secret intellectual society, in 1921. Ramsey made major contributions across mathematics, philosophy, and economics, and played a key role in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge. He died on 19 January 1930, at 26.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Lived 1903 to 1930 · aged 26

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