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Ramsey's Pragmatic Approach to Truth and Belief
Author(s) -
Gruber Monika
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1755-2567
pISSN - 0040-5825
DOI - 10.1111/theo.12119
Subject(s) - pragmatism , epistemology , judgement , interpretation (philosophy) , focus (optics) , pragmatic theory of truth , coherence theory of truth , action (physics) , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
In spite of his tragically short life, Ramsey made extensive contributions in the fields of mathematics, logic, economics and philosophy. In this article we focus on Ramsey's investigations into the notions of belief and judgement, their truth conditions and probability theory. We show that the central role given by Ramsey to belief and action together with his pragmatism allows for a new interpretation of the theories of truth and probability, paving the way for a modern decision theory.