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Pages in category "Books by Bertrand Russell" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... The Problems of Philosophy; W. Why Men Fight (book)
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS [7] (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He had influence on mathematics , logic , set theory , and various areas of analytic philosophy .
Russell's teapot is an analogy, formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making empirically unfalsifiable claims, as opposed to shifting the burden of disproof to others. Russell specifically applied his analogy in the context of religion. [1]
The collection includes essays on the subjects of sociology, ethics and philosophy.In the eponymous essay, Russell displays a series of arguments and reasoning with the aim of stating how the 'belief in the virtue of labour causes great evils in the modern world, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies instead in a diminution of labour' and how work 'is by no means one of the ...
Bertrand Russell: Critical Assessments, edited by A. D. Irvine, 4 volumes, London: Routledge, 1999. Consists of essays on Russell's work by many distinguished philosophers. Bertrand Russell, by John Slater, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1994. Bertrand Russell's Ethics. by Michael K. Potter, Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006. A clear and accessible ...
Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, Principia Mathematica, 1910–13/1925–27; Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, 1919; Eugene Wigner, "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences", 1960; Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam, Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings, 1964/1983
Books by Bertrand Russell (9 P) E. Essays by Bertrand Russell (4 P) Pages in category "Works by Bertrand Russell" This category contains only the following page.
Bertrand Russell made his first pioneering contributions within the branch of philosophy that deals with logic and mathematics. But his influence eventually spread across much more ground. [4] His work is known for its lightheartedness and humor, and it has helped a large audience of readers learn about science and philosophy.