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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell
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NameBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
Birth date18 May 1872
Birth placeTrellech, Monmouthshire, UK
Death date2 February 1970(age 97)
Death placePenrhyndeudraeth, Wales, UK
Era20th century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy

Nobel Prize In Literature
1950
Main interestsMetaphysics, epistemology, logic, mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, ethics, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy
Notable ideasLogical atomism, theory of descriptions, knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description, Russell's paradox, Russell's teapot.
Influenced byPeano, Frege, Santayana, Leibniz, Hume, Locke, Wittgenstein, Spinoza, Whitehead
InfluencedWittgenstein Ayer
Carnap Gödel
Popper Quine
Chomsky Austin Kripke Schlick Tarski Waismann Davidson  Eddington Turing Vuillemin McDowell Kumar

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 � 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life, he imagined himself in turn a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things, in any profound sense. He was born in Wales, into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Britain.

Russell led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 1900s. He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege and his protégé Ludwig Wittgenstein, and is widely held to be one of the 20th century's premier logicians. He co-authored, with A. N. Whitehead, Principia Mathematica, an attempt to ground mathematics on logic. His philosophical essay "On Denoting" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy." His work has had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, and philosophy, especially philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics.

Russell was a prominent anti-war activist; he championed free trade and anti-imperialism. Russell went to prison for his pacifist activism during World War I. Later, he campaigned against Adolf Hitler, then criticised Stalinist totalitarianism, attacked the United States of America's involvement in the Vietnam War, and was an outspoken proponent of nuclear disarmament.

In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."

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Nobel Prize-winning philosopher/mathematician, Bertrand Russell, explains why he does not believe in God. - Courtesy of CBC TV Retro Bites - via www.AtheistMedia.com
3.43 min. | 4.91 user rating		 Short extract from the BBC's Face to Face interview of Bertrand Russell - full interview at :-www.youtube.com
1.98 min. | 4.97 user rating		 Video musical de "La dictadura científica acaba de empezar" de la producción discográfica "La dictadura científica acaba de empezar" de Los NIños Estelares de Puerto Rico. PUEDEN BAJAR NUESTRA MÃSICA AQUà GRATIS: www.losninosestelares.com Dirigido por Pablo Varona, José Dueño y Fernando Castro - Ãlvarez. Letra - Fernando Castro - Ãlvarez Música - Darío Constaín Reyes Album - La dictadura científica acaba de empezar Esta canción es producto, en parte, de una reflexión personal respecto a siete libros del siglo pasado. "The Scientific Outlook" de Bertrand Russell (1931) "Brave New World" de Aldous Huxley (1932) "The Managerial Revolution" de James Burnham (1941) "1984" de George Orwell (1949) "The Impact of Science on Society" de Bertrand Russell (1952) "Brave New World Revisited" de Aldous Huxley (1958) "The Unabomber Manifesto" Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski (1995) Todos estos textos tocan de una manera u otra temas distópicos acerca de las posibles sociedades humanas del mañana y el rol que la ciencia y el orden jugarían en ellas. La canción parte de una preocupación personal: la aflicción de presentir que nuestra sociedad global contemporánea está alcanzando paralelos muy similares a los temas profundisados en las obras mencionadas. La letra no me cabe aquí. Aquí está el enlace cibernético para la letra: www.facebook.com
5.63 min. | 4.90 user rating		 Bertrand Russell speaks of his vice, tobacco, in an interview in old age, and explains how the fact that he smoked once saved his life.
1.03 min. | 4.87 user rating		 Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com Stephen Fry @ BigThink: Philosophy, Logic And Reason. --- Please subscribe to Science & Reason: ⢠www.YouTube.com ⢠www.YouTube.com ⢠www.YouTube.com ⢠www.YouTube.com --- Interview Transcript Question: What philosophers influenced you? Stephen Fry: Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech you know you sometimes hear it hilariously. They say, Oh, its never good to be late. Thats my philosophy. You think thats a generous description of that rather dull precept to call it a philosophy, but its odd how philosophers generally speaking, at least the ones Ive read or the ones I you know value, dont have in that sense a philosophy. There is no particular Socratic or Nietzschean or Kantian way to live your life. They dont offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life. They dont offer a philosophy to follow. They just simply raise an enormous number of questions mostly, so in the sense that you put the question is there a philosopher thats important to me. Well I me I loved really the sort of the Bertrand Russell grand sort of tour of philosophy, the history of philosophy from the pre Socratics as they're called, Zeno and so on through to Socrates and Plato and Aristotle. I never quite liked Aristotle. I think thats partly... Although he was obviously a genius and brilliant and he invented logic, so whats not to like. I think it was his influence on the medieval mind was probably rather pernicious <b>...</b>
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Bertrand Russell on Nietzsche
2.43 min. | 4.46 user rating		 I'm a huge fan of Bertrand Russell, but before we all get too carried away by his "clarity and exact thinking", check this out...
1.27 min. | 4.13 user rating		 Bertrand Russell on clarity and exact thinking
0.62 min. | 4.89 user rating		 An excerpt from Chapter 2 of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Professor Dawkins discusses the creator of the Universe - the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), blessed be his noodly appendages. Professor Richard Dawkins acknowledges that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is "UNDISPROVABLE" at 3:19. Ramen. For some reason he also mentions Gods that aren't real. Tags: Celestial teapot, orbiting, the invisible pink unicorn, zeus, thor fsm flying spaghetti monster, church, jesus christ, god, lord, creator, Bertrand Russell, faith, logic, philosophy, argument, creationism, bible, genesis, debate christopher hitchens, sam harris, pasta, secular humanism, fairies, reform, dogma, heretic, infidel, islam judaism, michael shermer, sceptic, professor, christianity, evolution, noodles, one god further, our saucy savior, camp quest, saviour, pirate
5.08 min. | 4.78 user rating		 Bryan Magee talks to AJ Ayer about Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell; specifically about their published works and their impact Bryan Magee talks to AJ Ayer about Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell; specifically about their published works and their impact on philosophy itself. Section 1: www.youtube.com Section 2: www.youtube.com Section 3: www.youtube.com Section 4: www.youtube.com Section 5: www.youtube.com
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MyCentralJersey.com--This weekend, I pulled out my copy of "A History of Western Philosophy," written by -Bertrand Russell- and first published in 1945. My copy is a little yellow in places and only cost $6.95. I received it as part of a - Date : Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:34:24 GMT+00:00
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Financial Times--But I think it was -Bertrand Russell- who pointed out that an inquiry into what makes people happy would yield as many answers as there were people. For this reason, broad action to generate happiness would have to address an array of ind - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:32:28 GMT+00:00
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Ashland Daily Tidings--The pair point out high achievers of later life, such as -Bertrand Russell-, Einstein, Jimmy Carter and Maya Angelou, are "people who took decades to develop their life's work till it was in full fruition." Wh - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:08:50 GMT+00:00
The Information, By James Gleick - The Independent Tweet this news
The Independent--Gleick fiendishly hopscotches between -Bertrand Russell's- Principia Mathematica, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and the Second Law of thermodynamics. The Information has the quality of - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:00:33 GMT+00:00
Rumor: Wii pricecut to $150 in May - VGChartz Tweet this news
VGChartz--I think they've got some margin they could trim for Kinect and still be profitable per unit. “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - -Bertrand - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:19:36 GMT+00:00
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Times of India--The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - -Bertrand Russell- Samja kya! ...Morning :) Rushing around doing pre-release publicity for I AM and simultaneously giving sound bytes on anna hazare! I support Anna Hazare. Our country has su - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:14:43 GMT+00:00
Massive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan - VGChartz Tweet this news
VGChartz---...- and prayers to our affected Japan members. Tsunami warnings for more or less the entire Pacific. “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - -Ber - Date : Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:41:34 GMT+00:00
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Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette--Bert is named for the philosopher -Bertrand Russell- and is making his public debut after successfully matching wits with a Department of Defense counterpart. Professor Steve Levinson, head of the Language Acquisition and Ro - Date : Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:15:42 GMT+00:00
The Promise of a New Era in Our Conversation About Faith - Huffington Post (blog) Tweet this news
Huffington Post (blog)--Broad, who was not a religious man, responded to -Bertrand Russell's- challenge to philosophically prove the existence of God, and in his paper he evaluated beliefs from different world religions and cultures, concluding, & - Date : Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:47:57 GMT+00:00
10 Most Influential Books that Debunked Christianity - Opposing Views Tweet this news
Opposing Views--It's hard to judge the merits of a Thomas Paine, -Bertrand Russell-, and Richard Dawkins in light of these previous authors. Dawkins's book, The God Delusion, is the best selling atheist book of all time. Perhaps I should have in - Date : Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:23:49 GMT+00:00

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frank Russell		Earl Russell
1931-1970		Succeeded by
John Russell

Nobel Laureates in Literature

Grazia Deledda (1926) * Henri Bergson (1927) * Sigrid Undset (1928) * Thomas Mann (1929) * Sinclair Lewis (1930) * Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1931) * John Galsworthy (1932) * Ivan Bunin (1933) * Luigi Pirandello (1934) * Eugene O'Neill (1936) * Roger Martin du Gard (1937) * Pearl S. Buck (1938) * Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1939) * Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1944) * Gabriela Mistral (1945) * Hermann Hesse (1946) * André Gide (1947) * T. S. Eliot (1948) * William Faulkner (1949) * Bertrand Russell (1950)



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