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Early Life of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russel was born on May 18, 1872 in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales into an aristocratic family. His full title was Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and of Ardsalla.
He was a logician and a mathematics philosopher. Russel’s parents and sister died at an early age and he was then left in care of his grandmother who provided him with a private education at home which isolated him from other children most of his life. -
An Essay on the Foundation of Geometry.
At a young age he abandoned his Christian beliefs and he began his first philosophical work. In 1897 he published his first philosophical work titled An Essay on the Foundation of Geometry. In 1890 he entered trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Russell, Bertrand. “An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry.” An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry, Project Gutenberg. -
Russell's Paradox
In 1901 he developed “Russel’s Paradox” and by 1903 he published the concept in The Principles of Mathematics. In 1905 he published one of his best know works On Denoting.
Russell, Bertrand. “The Principles of Mathematics, by Bertrand Russell ... Vol.1.” The principles of mathematics, by Bertrand Russell ... Vol.1, University press, 1903, 1903. Russell's Paradox
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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Russel was a well-known political activist and in 1918 he was jailed for speaking publicly against the war and he spent his time in incarceration writing his book Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. In this work he sets out the philosophy of mathematics and logicism. Russell, Bertrand. “Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy.” Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, Neeland Media LLC, 2020. -
A History of Western Philosophy
In 1945 he published A History of Western Philosophy which is considered one of the most important philosophical works off all time. In it he discussed ideologies of philosophers through the ages.
Russell, Bertrand. “History of Western Philosophy.” History of Western Philosophy, Routledge, 1996, doi:10.4324/9780203487976. -
Death of Bertrand Russell
In 1970 Bertrand Russell died of influenza. Monk, Ray. “Bertrand Russell.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 28 May 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Bertrand-Russell.
