Ramsey, Frank Plumpton — (1903–1930) Cambridge mathematician and philosopher. Ramsey made important contributions to mathematical logic, probability theory, the philosophy of science (see Ramsey sentence ), and economics. He showed how the distinction between the… … Philosophy dictionary
Ramsey-Lewis method — The Ramsey Lewis method is a method for defining theoretical terms, credited to Frank P. Ramsey and David Lewis. In this method, a group of theoretical terms appearing in a theory can be defined implicitly by the assertions of the theory… … Wikipedia
Carnap-Ramsey sentences — In philosophy, Carnap Ramsey sentences refer to an attempt by logical positivist philosopher Rudolf Carnap to reconstruct theoretical propositions such that they gained empirical content. For Carnap, questions such as: “Are electrons real?” and:… … Wikipedia
Steve Ramsey — For the football player of the same name see Steve Ramsey (football player). Infobox musical artist | Name = Steve Ramsey | Img capt = Birth name = Steve Ramsey Born = Died = Alias = Genre = Heavy metal Folk metal NWOBHM Background = non vocal… … Wikipedia
Scott Ramsey (Scottish footballer) — Football player infobox playername = Scott Ramsey fullname = Scott McKenna Ramsey height = height|m=1.72 dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|10|2 cityofbirth = countryofbirth = Scotland current club = Grindavík shirt number = 4 position = Left… … Wikipedia
List of philosophy topics (R-Z) — RRaRabad Rabbinic law Rabbinic theology Francois Rabelais François Rabelais race racetrack paradox racism Gustav Radbruch Janet Radcliffe Richards Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan radical Aristotelianism radical behaviourism radical feminism radical… … Wikipedia
implicit definition — An implicit definition of a term is given when a number of principles or axioms involving it are laid down, none of which give an equation identifying it with another term. Thus number may be said to be implicitly defined by Peano s postulates ;… … Philosophy dictionary
topic-neutral — Term originally used by Ryle to refer to terms that occur in sentences about any kind of subject matter. The logical constants are the clearest example. In the subsequent work of Smart, expressions that refer to things are topic neutral if they… … Philosophy dictionary
Deflationary theory of truth — A deflationary theory of truth is one of a family of theories which all have in common the claim that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement. Contents 1 Redundancy theory 2… … Wikipedia
Truth — For other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne, 1737 Truth has a variety of meanings, such as the state of being in accord with fact or reality … Wikipedia
