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Bertrand Russell
OP - June 24, 2012, 01:17 PM

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Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS[1] (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic.[2] At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these in any profound sense.[3] He was born in Monmouthshire, into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Britain.[4]

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Reply #1 - June 24, 2012, 01:18 PM

Bertrand Russell on Tolerence:

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Reply #2 - June 24, 2012, 01:22 PM

The three passions of Bertrand Russell

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Reply #3 - June 24, 2012, 01:47 PM

Nice one Dusty, im going to bookmark this thread to watch the vids later.

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Reply #4 - December 13, 2012, 12:59 AM

43 min radio programme.

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell. Born in 1872 into an aristocratic family, Russell is widely regarded as one of the founders of Analytic philosophy, which is today the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world. In his important book The Principles of Mathematics, he sought to reduce mathematics to logic. Its revolutionary ideas include Russell's Paradox, a problem which inspired Ludwig Wittgenstein to pursue philosophy. Russell's most significant and famous idea, the theory of descriptions, had profound consequences for the discipline.

In addition to his academic work, Russell played an active role in many social and political campaigns. He supported women's suffrage, was imprisoned for his pacifism during World War I and was a founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He wrote a number of books aimed at the general public, including The History of Western Philosophy which became enormously popular, and in 1950 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Russell's many appearances on the BBC also helped to promote the public understanding of ideas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p8fsr/In_Our_Time_Bertrand_Russell/

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