Bertrand Russell

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Nobel laureate atheist essayist human logician mathematician pacifist philosopher social critic

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.

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social critic ⓘ
academicAdvisor Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
almaMater Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
birthDate 1872-05-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Trellech ⓘ
surface form: Monmouthshire

Trellech ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
burialPlace Cremated, ashes scattered in the Welsh mountains ⓘ
causeOfDeath influenza ⓘ
coAuthor Albert Einstein ⓘ
Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
coAuthoredDocument Russell–Einstein Manifesto ⓘ
coAuthoredWork Principia Mathematica ⓘ
coFounded Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1970-02-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Merionethshire ⓘ
Penrhyndeudraeth ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
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mathematics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
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givenName Bertrand ⓘ
grandparent John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ⓘ
honorificTitle 3rd Earl Russell ⓘ
influenced A. J. Ayer ⓘ
Gilbert Ryle ⓘ
Karl Popper ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
influencedBy David Hume ⓘ
George Boole ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
knownFor Russell’s paradox ⓘ
advocacy of pacifism ⓘ
criticism of religion ⓘ
development of modern logic ⓘ
foundational work in analytic philosophy ⓘ
logicism in the philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
On Denoting ⓘ
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language English ⓘ
memberOf Cambridge Apostles ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
movement analytic philosophy ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Literature ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1950 ⓘ
notableWork A History of Western Philosophy ⓘ
On Denoting ⓘ
Principia Mathematica ⓘ
Principles of Mathematics ⓘ
The Problems of Philosophy ⓘ
Why I Am Not a Christian ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
opposed World War I ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
parent John Russell, Viscount Amberley ⓘ
Katharine Louisa Stanley ⓘ
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socialism (sympathetic) ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Lecturer at the London School of Economics ⓘ
Visiting professor at UCLA ⓘ
Visiting professor at the University of Chicago ⓘ
religiousView agnosticism ⓘ
atheism (practical) ⓘ
spouse Alys Pearsall Smith ⓘ
Dora Black ⓘ
Edith Finch ⓘ
Patricia Spence ⓘ

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subject surface form: "Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion"
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subject surface form: "The Existence of Matter"
A History of Western Philosophy → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
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On Denoting → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
subject surface form: On Our Knowledge of General Principles
subject surface form: On Our Knowledge of the External World (chapter)
Part VII: Matter and Motion → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Principia Mathematica → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
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Principles of Mathematics → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
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The Problems of Philosophy → author → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
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Charles Sanders Peirce → influenced → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik → influenced → Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Ernst Mach → influenced → Bertrand Russell ⓘ