Few philosophers of the twentieth century have influenced the sciences
as much as Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903- 1930). He did pioneering work in
pure mathematics, logic, economics, statistics, probability theory,
decision theory and cognitive psychology. His philosophical works
included "Universals" (1925), "Facts and propositions" (1927),
"Universals of law and of fact" (1928), "Knowledge" (1929), "Theories"
(1929), and "General propositions and causality" (1929). Some
philosophers consider him to have been, or at least to have had the
potential to be, an even greater philosopher than Wittgenstein. But
Ramsey died young - at the age of 26 - after an abdominal operation.