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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social reformer, and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England...view moreBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social reformer, and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died. Russell led the British “revolt against Idealism” in the early twentieth century and is one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his protégé Wittgenstein and his elder Frege. 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.” Both works have had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics and analytic philosophy. He was a prominent anti-war activist, championing free trade between nations and anti-imperialism. Russell was imprisoned for his pacifist activism during World War I, campaigned against Adolf Hitler, for nuclear disarmament. He criticized Soviet totalitarianism and the United States of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. 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.”view less
Books by Bertrand Russell
The Problems of Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Understanding History: And Other Essays Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An Outline of Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Problems of Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Essays in Skepticism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Problems of Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ABC of Relativity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bertrand Russell: The Complete Works Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Complete Works of Bertrand Russell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Bertrand Russell
The Problems of Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Conquest of Happiness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What I Believe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Practice & Theory Of Bolshevism Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Analysis of Mind Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Problems With Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mysticism and Logic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMysticism and Logic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Problems with Philosophy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProposed Roads to Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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A Rare Recording of Bertrand Russell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Rare Recording of Bertrand Russell on Lenin, Hegel, Gladstone, Tennyson and Browning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Rare Recording of Bertrand Russell’s 1950 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings