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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell. “ Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. ”     Bertrand Russell. Including 4 marriages, a slew of awards…. and controversies--- The life of Bertrand Russell can certainly be described as full and wondrous!.

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Bertrand Russell

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  1. Bertrand Russell • “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”     • Bertrand Russell

  2. Including 4 marriages, a slew of awards…. and controversies--- The life of Bertrand Russell can certainly be described as full and wondrous!

  3. A Brief Timeline

  4. Timeline Continued

  5. Who is Bertrand Russell? Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic. He also did a lot of work in the areas of education, history, political theory and religious studies.

  6. Bertrand: The Philosopher • Along with G.E. Moore, Russell is generally recognized as one of the founders of analytic philosophy. • His most influential contributions include his defense of logicism (the view that mathematics is in some important sense reducible to logic), and his theories of definite descriptions and logical atomism.

  7. Russell’s Paradox Russell's paradox is the most famous of the logical paradoxes. The paradox arises by considering the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. Such a set appears to be a member of itself if and only if it is not a member of itself, hence the paradox.

  8. WHAT?! To try and explain this theory that’s important to many logicians: • Some sets, such as the set of all teacups, are not members of themselves. Other sets, such as the set of all non-teacups, are members of themselves. • Call the set of all sets that are not members of themselves "R." If R is a member of itself, then by definition it must not be a member of itself. Similarly, if R is not a member of itself, then by definition it must be a member of itself.

  9. In a statement: Basically, he’s saying that all sentences follow from a contradiction.

  10. Russell’s Defense of Logicism Russell states that: The vocabulary of mathematics is a proper subset of Logic. And! The theorums of mathematics are subsets of logical ones.

  11. Best-Selling Books The Problems of Philosophy Gives Russell's views on philosophical subjects and value of philosophical knowledge. 1912

  12. Best-Selling Books Arguably outdated, this book gives a general history of philosophy. 1945 The History of Western Philosophy

  13. Russell: The Activist Although Bertrand Russell is famous in activist circles for his work against nuclear weapons and Western involvement in the Vietnam War, His social and political activism stretches far beyond that…

  14. The Experimental School Along with his second wife, Russell opened an experimental school. He believed education was key to conveying his social beliefs. Dora Black

  15. In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying. • Bertrand Russell

  16. The Rebel Russell was convicted twice and spent 6 months in prison due to his protests. He was dismissed from one college and had a job offer revoked from another for similar reasons.

  17. Religion Russell ‘s books are notoriously blasphemous. He implies that religion is a comfort we seek to excuse our terrible acts. His message is that we should take responsibility for our own actions.

  18. So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. • Bertrand Russell

  19. It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. • Bertrand Russell

  20. Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. • Bertrand Russell

  21. Bibliography • http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Bertrand_Russell • http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell-paradox/ • http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/ • http://images.search.yahoo.com/

  22. By Barry Briggs Jr. (Bertrand)

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