Cheryl Misak
Autor/a de Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers
Sobre l'autor
Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
Crèdit de la imatge: University of Toronto Bulletin
Obres de Cheryl Misak
Obres associades
Essays for David Wiggins: Identity, Truth and Value (Aristotelian Society Series) (1996) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1961
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Educació
- Oxford University (D.Phil|1988)
Columbia University (MA|1984)
University of Lethbridge (BA|1983) - Professions
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
- Relacions
- Dyzenhaus, David (husband)
- Organitzacions
- University of Toronto
- Premis i honors
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (2001)
Rhodes Scholar (1984)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 11
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 303
- Popularitat
- #77,624
- Valoració
- 4.2
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 40
- Llengües
- 1
Ramsey was not a moody, self-tortured genius; he was no Wittgenstein. He was sensible of his actions in the world and how they affected others. He found it “pleasanter to be thrilled than to be depressed, and not merely pleasanter but better for all one’s activities.” He was a large man with a large and infectious laugh who was not afraid to experience and express his joy in life. And this was not merely a disposition. It both resulted from and influenced the development of his philosophical stance, which moved ever away from the logicism of his youth toward a modest Peircean pragmatism.
As one might expect from a fine philosopher such as Misak, the technical elucidation of Ramsey’s important insights and discoveries are handled with great care. Since he delved in many fields, at least some of this will be new (perhaps startlingly so) to most readers. But Misak is also sensitive when dealing with the more strictly biographical aspects of Ramsey’s life. She always presents him as the well-rounded person that he was rather than as some freakish intellectual giant, despite his noted sheer excess of powers. The writing is clear and crisp and rarely slips into eddies of rumination. I enjoyed the reading as much as the content and feel that an important piece of the puzzle of the development of analytic philosophy has finally been put in place.
Recommended.… (més)