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[citation needed] [74] [75] Russell supported his family during this time by writing popular books explaining matters of physics, ethics, and education to the layman. Bertrand Russell in 1924 From 1922 to 1927 the Russells divided their time between London and Cornwall , spending summers in Porthcurno . [ 76 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Books by Bertrand Russell" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Russell was a fierce champion of the right to free speech and thinking as well as a strong supporter of reason and humanism. His most famous philosophical works include Principia Mathematica (1910–1913), The Problems of Philosophy (1912), Why I Am Not a Christian (1927), Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), and A History of Western Philosophy ...
The Principles of Mathematics (PoM) is a 1903 book by Bertrand Russell, in which the author presented his famous paradox and argued his thesis that mathematics and logic are identical. [ 1 ] The book presents a view of the foundations of mathematics and Meinongianism and has become a classic reference.
Russell therefore argues that four hours of work per day would be enough to keep the whole population living in sufficient comfort, while the rest of the time would be devoted to leisure. [7] Russell's conception of leisure is similar to the Latin otium praised by Seneca. This leisure would be devoted to all forms of culture (from the most ...
History of Western Philosophy [a] is a 1946 book by British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970). A survey of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratic philosophers to the early 20th century, each major division of the book is prefaced by an account of the historical background necessary to understand the currents of thought it describes. [1]
Russell made language, or more specifically, how we use language, a central part of philosophy, and this influenced Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gilbert Ryle, J. L. Austin, and P. F. Strawson, among others, who used many of the techniques that Russell originally developed.
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