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  1. Bertrand Russell - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Dec 7, 1995 · Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

  2. Russell’s Moral Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Dec 17, 2007 · Russell’s mental development, therefore, is not always a stirring tale of intellectual progress. His first thoughts are often better than his second thoughts and his second thoughts …

  3. Russell’s Logical Atomism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

    Oct 24, 2005 · Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) described his philosophy as “logical atomism”, by which he meant to endorse both a metaphysical view and a certain methodology for doing …

  4. Russell’s Paradox - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Dec 8, 1995 · Since then, the paradox has prompted major advances in logic, set theory and the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. Although Russell is justly famous for his type …

  5. Russellian Monism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jul 3, 2019 · The theory is named for Bertrand Russell, whose views about consciousness and its place in nature were informed by a structuralist conception of theoretical physics.

  6. Principia Mathematica - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    May 21, 1996 · This entry briefly describes the history and significance of Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell’s monumental but little read classic of symbolic logic, Principia …

  7. Bertrand Russell - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Dec 7, 1995 · Bertrand Arthur William Russell (b.1872 – d.1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic …

  8. Bertrand Russell - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell (b.1872 - d.1970), British philosopher, logician, essayist, and social critic, best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

  9. Logical Constructions - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Nov 20, 1996 · The term “logical construction” was used by Bertrand Russell to describe a series of similar philosophical theories beginning with the 1901 “Frege-Russell” definition of numbers …

  10. Descriptions (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

    Mar 2, 2004 · The analysis of descriptions has played an important role in debates about metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, psychology, logic and linguistics ever since the …