Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers

Cheryl Misak

Sep 2020 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Liam Gerrard

About this audiobook

When he died in 1930 aged twenty-six, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal. Had he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the century. This amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the Bloomsbury set. For the first time Cheryl Misak tells the full story of his extraordinary life.

About the author

Cheryl Misak is university professor and professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her books include Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers; Cambridge Pragmatism; The American Pragmatists; Truth and the End of Inquiry; and Truth, Politics, Morality.

Liam Gerrard is an award-winning voice artist with over ten years of experience working in every field of the voice industry, as well as a highly acclaimed stage and screen actor. A 2017 Audie Award nominee, he has narrated over thirty audiobooks in a wide range of genres and styles.