An Essay Review of Three Books on Frank Ramsey

摘要

The occasion for this review article on the life and accomplishments of Frank Ramsey is the publication in the last eight years of three important books: a biography of Frank Ramsey by his sister,Margaret Paul,a book by Steven Methven on aspects of Ramsey's philosophy,and the recent biography of Ramsey written by Cheryl Misak.In a companion piece [Mancosu,2020] I discuss Ramsey's contacts with logicians in continental Europe and publish previously unpublished letters from Ramsey to Abraham Fraenkel and to Heinrich Behmann.