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19 january 1930 susan haack , iván werning , wittgenstein cambridge analytic philosophy wittgenstein , peirce , bertrand russell 200px philosophy of mathematics logic metaphysics epistemology redundancy method ramsey theory theory of truth ramsey sentences ramsey -- lewis 22 february 1903 frank plumpton ramsey.jpg frank p. ramsey
 frank p. ramsey
frank p. ramsey

frank plumpton ramsey -lrb- 22 february 1903 -- 19 january 1930 -rrb- was a precocious british philosopher , mathematician and economist who died at the age of 26 .
he was a close friend of ludwig wittgenstein and was instrumental in translating wittgenstein 's `` tractatus logico-philosophicus '' into english , as well as persuading wittgenstein to return to philosophy and cambridge .
like wittgenstein , he was a member of the cambridge apostles , the intellectual secret society , from 1921 .
