Bertrand Russell

Analyzing Language: Stephen Neale on Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy of Language (Part 1)

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March 28, 2021
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A British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical logic, analytic philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology. He also wrote extensively on a wide variety of subjects in science and the humanities, and in 1950 he was awarded...

Analyzing Language: Stephen Neale on Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy of Language (Part 2)

Bertrand Russell Philosophy Video

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December 3, 2020
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The Age of Reason: Bertrand Russell’s Advice on Growing Old

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November 10, 2020
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British philosopher, logician, and mathematician Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) lived until the age of 98, so he had personal knowledge of matters relating to longevity. It is a good thing that Russell, whose birthday is on May 18, was also an accomplished writer who penned a...

Another Look at Bertrand Russell’s Theory of Descriptions

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October 27, 2019
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According to Bertrand Russell’s theory of descriptions, the word “the” contains two conceptual elements: existence and uniqueness. It implies that there is a certain something, and that there is only one such thing. The indefinite article “a” contains only the first element; the definite article...

Beyond Paradox: Avrum Stroll’s Analysis of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophical—and other—Development

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By Charles Carlini
February 18, 2013
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A British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, Bertrand Russell (1872 -1970) made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical logic, analytic philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology. He also wrote extensively on a wide variety of subjects in science and the humanities, and in 1950 he was awarded the...

112 Mercer Street: Einstein, Russell Gödel, Pauli, and the End of Innocence in Science

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By David Noon
December 27, 2012
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During the winter of 1943-44, as much of the supposedly civilized world was in the throes of WWII, four of the most brilliant thinkers of the century gathered in a small colonial-style house in Princeton, New Jersey. The home’s owner, Albert Einstein, hosted the informal...

Bertrand Russell Mathematics Philosophy

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May 18, 1872
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One of the foremost champions of analytic philosophy, Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was an early 20th-century philosopher and pacifist. A prominent social critic, Russell wrote dozens of books, forming a vast bibliography that stands as one of the cornerstones of 20th-century philosophy. Remembered as much for...