Another view from more than three quarters of a century ago,here: F.P. Ramsey (1926) "Truth and Probability", in Ramsey, 1931, The Foundations of Mathematics and other Logical Essays, Ch. VII, p.156-198, edited by R.B. Braithwaite, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. at the end of which may be added "1999 electronic edition”.
All this is just an idea; what sense is there really in it? We can, I think, say this: -- A theory is a set of propositions which contains p and q whenever it contains p and q, and if it contains any p contains all its logical consequences. The interest of such sets comes from the possibility of our adopting one of them as all we believe. and A probability-theory is a set of numbers associated with pairs of propositions obeying the calculus of probabilities. The interest of such a set comes from the possibility of acting on it consistently. Of course, the mathematician is only concerned with the form of probability; it is quite true that he only deals in certainties. I looked at this paper for hints of what Ramsey said to get Wittgenstein to reconsider his position in the *Tractatus*. I consider the above in the context of an academic response to so called intellectual giants as a prime example of Brit humour. Here is the quote that begins the paper: To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is and of what is not that it is not is true. -- Aristotle. Gareth On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Matt Kundert <[email protected]>wrote: > > This is less than a minute. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6qkpPfqJNk > > About 40 seconds in, Mr. Rorty > says, > > "we make our practical decisions based on experience..." > > This blew my mind, because for the longest time I had been > hearing that Rorty rejected outright Quality and radical > empiricism. > > Matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
