Papers of Frank Plumpton Ramsey, 1920-1930.

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Papers of Frank Plumpton Ramsey, 1920-1930.

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This is a collection of autograph manuscripts, notes, and drafts of Ramsey's work in mathematics, philosophy, and economics. It contains drafts of several undergraduate papers of importance and the manuscript of several chapters of an unpublished book on the relationship of logic and epistemology. Early versions of two of Ramsey's most significant papers, Universals, 1925, and The Foundations of Mathematics, 1925 are found within the collection. There are papers giving Ramsey's outline of the Tractatus of Wittgenstein, and notes on the concept of infinity that are in Ramsey's hand but which may have been dictated to him by Wittgenstein. Relatively few of the documents are dated. Class notes and papers given to the Apostles are also included in the collection. Ramsey's manner of organizing his material is not known nor are dates included for most of the documents; however, the material begins with his arrival at Cambridge and runs until his death, hence it all falls between 1920 and 1930.

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