The Man Who Was Good at Everything

Frank Ramsey is one of the more interesting mathematical historical figures.

In this video, we explore his upbringing, family life, and interests, before discussing some of his contributions to Mathematics, Analytic Philosophy and Economics.

For anyone who wants to learn more, here are the sources I used for this video:

On a Problem of Formal Logic: https://www.cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/BLOGP...
Universals: https://philpapers.org/rec/RAMU
Facts and Propositions: https://gwern.net/doc/philosophy/logi...
Truth and Probability: https://fitelson.org/probability/rams...

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_R...)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ra...

Hugh Mellor feature from 1978:    • A Portrait of Frank Ramsey - Better than t...  
Absolute Philosophy interview with Dr. Michael Potter:    • FRANK RAMSEY: Interview with Prof. Michael...  
Paul Erdős talking about Ramsey numbers:    • Paul Erdős commented on Ramsey numbers R(3...  

Nils-Eric Sahlin - The Philosophy of F.P. Ramsey (1990)
Cheryl Mysak - Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers (2020)
Veselin Jungić - Basics of Ramsey Theory (2023)