Bertrand RussellIn addition to being one of the most important logicians and philosophers of this century, Russell was also one of its most prominent public figures, and his influence on his time was not confined to academic subjects. This book deals with Russell's work on the foundation of mathematics and to the philosophical method that he developed as a consequence of his successes in that field, but there are also examples of the more popular side of his work, with discussions of positions he defended in the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, history, and education, and one of the dominant themes of his life, political activism. |
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A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE | 1 |
MATHEMATICS | 15 |
SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN PHILOSOPHY | 27 |
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