Analytic Philosopher: Bertrand Arthur William Russell

Dec 18, 2012, 17:40 IST

Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic.

 


Name: Bertrand Arthur William Russell

Born: 18 May 1872

Birthplace: Trellech, Monmouthshire, UK

Died: 2 February 1970 (aged 97)

Deathplace: Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, UK

Residence: United Kingdom

Nationality: British

Era: 20th century philosophy

Region: Western philosophy

School: Analytic philosophy,Nobel Prize in Literature 1950

Main interests: Metaphysics,, epistemology, logic, mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, ethics,philosophy of religion, history of philosophy

Notable ideas: Analytic philosophy · logical atomism · theory of descriptions · knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description · Russell's paradox · Russell's teapot

Name: Bertrand Arthur William Russell

Born: 18 May 1872

Birthplace: Trellech, Monmouthshire, UK

Died: 2 February 1970 (aged 97)

Deathplace: Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, UK

Residence: United Kingdom

Nationality: British

Era: 20th century philosophy

Region: Western philosophy

School: Analytic philosophy,Nobel Prize in Literature 1950

Main interests: Metaphysics,, epistemology, logic, mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, ethics,philosophy of religion, history of philosophy

Notable ideas: Analytic philosophy · logical atomism · theory of descriptions · knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description · Russell's paradox · Russell's teapot

 

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