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Bertrand Russell | 784 pages | 06 Apr 2009 | Taylor & Francis Ltd | 9780415472388 | English | London, United Kingdom Bertrand Russell (Stanford Encyclopedia of )

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In response to the Remediation of Injustice Argument , the argument that God is needed to bring to the world, to ensure that at the end of time the scales of justice have been balanced, Russell asks what evidence we have that such remediation is ever going to occur. Thus, it is our total body of evidence that needs to be considered when making such judgments, a body of evidence that leans heavily against the existence of anything divine or supernatural. Today, no one. The tortures of the Inquisition, the condoning of slavery in the Bible and the Koran, the burning of women as witches, the coming together to pray for deliverance at times of plague which only led to the further spread of disease , all resulted from religious beliefs and practices. Against the practice of his time, he advocated sex education for the young. She should be ashamed at the very thought that she is a woman. Contrary to what was often said about his personal life, it is also worth noting that Russell did not practice or defend a libertine ethic. As Wood also notes,. This explains why arguments against the existence of the supernatural, although influential among intellectuals, are not the main driving force behind most religious A, 9. Instead, religion is based largely on fear and ignorance: our fear of the mysterious, our lack of of natural causes, our fear of death A, Since it is this propositional content that varies from religion to religion, it turns out, as a matter of logic, that at most one religion can be true A, xi. Russell says much the same thing when he notes that. This complexity is generated by the fact that even our most serious emotions and most important feelings need not result from the propositional content of our beliefs alone. For Russell, this is a view so basic that it is more like a goal than a description. As a result, it becomes impossible to think of it as a purely descriptive claim. As Russell explains,. These observations should not be interpreted as giving unfettered licence to religious belief. I think this applies especially to the virtue of truthfulness or intellectual integrity. In the case of religion, it is not simply that such virtues are ignored. Instead, they are positively frustrated:. as well as individuals, says Russell, need to choose whether the good life is one that is guided by honest inquiry and the weighing of evidence, or by the familiarity of superstition and the comforts of religion. Both of these books, as well as his numerous books popularizing science, have done much to educate and inform generations of general readers. His is still widely read and did much to initiate twentieth-century on a wide range of historical figures from the presocratics to Leibniz. His Problems is still used as an introductory textbook over a century after it was first published. Both books can be read by the layman with satisfaction. Even so, they continue to convey something of the intellectual excitement associated with advances in twentieth-century science and philosophy. Naturally enough, Russell saw a link between education in this broad sense and social progress. Partly this is due to our need to understand nature, but equally important is our need to understand each other:. The thing, above all, that a teacher should endeavor to produce in his pupils, if is to survive, is the kind of tolerance that springs from an endeavor to understand those who are different from ourselves. It is perhaps a natural human impulse to view with horror and disgust all manners and customs different from those to which we are used. Ants and savages put strangers to death. And those who have never traveled either physically or mentally find it difficult to tolerate the queer ways and outlandish beliefs of other nations and other times, other sects and other political parties. This kind of ignorant intolerance is the antithesis of a civilized outlook, and is one of the gravest dangers to which our overcrowded world is exposed. In part, this has been because Russell himself repeatedly maintained that he saw no significant connection between his philosophical work and his political activism. Others have seen things differently. One of the best summaries is given by Alan Wood:. Russell also anticipated the modern theory of emotivism as introduced by A. Even so, Russell remained less than satisfied with his views on meta- ethics for most of his life CP, Vol. This dissatisfaction appears not to have extended to his work in political theory. As a result, it is only by understanding power in all its human instantiations that we understand the social world around us. This increase in reputation has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in scholarship. and Frank Ramsey especially presented Russell with helpful criticisms of his work and new problems to solve. Both men pushed Russell to develop new theories in logic and . Others have noted his apparent early antisemitism and his advocacy of a preemptive nuclear war against the Soviet Union following World War II Hook , Stone , Perkins , Blitz On the issue of a preemptive war, Russell himself later denied he had ever advocated such a course of action. However, after carefully reviewing the historical record, biographer Ronald Clark comes to a different conclusion. See, for example, Russell and c, and Russell et al. How is the ordinary reader to decide between such conflicting evaluations? Unlike the many logical advances Russell introduced, in politics he is still usually understood to be more of an advocate than a theoretician. As a result, his reputation as a political thinker has not been as high as his reputation in logic, metaphysics and epistemology. As a young man, he says, he spent part of each day for many weeks. Photo by Larry Burrows. As Russell tells us, Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. In his draft of the Principles of Mathematics , Russell summarizes the problem as follows: The axiom that all referents with respect to a given relation form a seems, however, to require some limitation, and that for the following reason. We saw that some predicates can be predicated of themselves. Consider now those … of which this is not the case. For this predicate will either be predicable or not predicable of itself. If it is predicable of itself, it is one of those referents by relation to which it was defined, and therefore, in virtue of their definition, it is not predicable of itself. Conversely, if it is not predicable of itself, then again it is one of the said referents, of all of which by hypothesis it is predicable, and therefore again it is predicable of itself. This is a contradiction. CP, Vol. For example, on this view, an ordinary physical object that normally might be thought to be known only through inference may be defined instead as a certain series of appearances, connected with each other by continuity and by certain causal laws. To say that a certain aspect is an aspect of a certain thing will merely mean that it is one of those which, taken serially, are the thing. There are things that we know without asking the opinion of men of science. If you are too hot or too cold, you can be perfectly aware of this fact without asking the physicist what heat and cold consist of. As Russell puts it, even in logic and mathematics We tend to believe the premises because we can see that their consequences are true, instead of believing the consequences because we know the premises to be true. But the inferring of premises from consequences is the essence of induction; thus the method in investigating the principles of mathematics is really an inductive method, and is substantially the same as the method of discovering general laws in any other science. Moore led the way, but I followed closely in his footsteps. Although we were in agreement, I think that we differed as to what most interested us in our new philosophy. I think that Moore was most concerned with the rejection of idealism, while I was most interested in the rejection of monism. In contrast to this doctrine, Russell proposed his own new doctrine of external relations: The doctrine of internal relations held that every relation between two terms expresses, primarily, intrinsic properties of the two terms and, in ultimate analysis, a of the whole which the two compose. With some relations this view is plausible. Take, for example, love or hate. If A loves B, this relation exemplifies itself and may be said to consist in certain states of mind of A. Even an atheist must admit that a man can love God. It follows that love of God is a state of the man who feels it, and not properly a relational fact. But the relations that interested me were of a more abstract sort. Suppose that A and B are events, and A is earlier than B. I do not think that this implies anything in A in virtue of which, independently of B, it must have a character which we inaccurately express by mentioning B. Leibniz gives an extreme example. He says that, if a man living in Europe has a wife in India and the wife dies without his knowing it, the man undergoes an intrinsic change at the moment of her death. For example, consider two numbers, one of which is found earlier than the other in a given series: If A is earlier than B, then B is not earlier than A. If you try to express the relation of A to B by means of adjectives of A and B, you will have to make the attempt by means of dates. You may say that the date of A is a property of A and the date of B is a property of B, but that will not help you because you will have to go on to say that the date of A is earlier than the date of B, so that you will have found no escape from the relation. This distinction between logical forms allows Russell to explain three important puzzles. 3 , for example, is a necessary , while sentence 4 is not. The affinities of a given thing are quite different in the two orders, and its causes and effects obey different laws. Two objects may be connected in the mental world by the association of ideas, and in the physical world by the law of gravitation. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. It is customary to suppose that, if a belief is widespread, there must be something reasonable about it. I do not think this view can be held by anyone who has studied history. Before He created the world He foresaw all the pain and misery that it would contain; He is therefore responsible for all of it. It is useless to argue that the pain in the world is due to sin. In the first place, this is not true; it is not sin that causes rivers to overflow their banks or volcanoes to erupt. But even if it were true, it would make no . If I were going to beget a child knowing that the child was going to be a homicidal maniac, I should be responsible for his crimes. If God knew in advance the sins of which man would be guilty, He was clearly responsible for all the consequences of those sins when He decided to create man. Today, no one that the world was created in BC; but not so very long ago on this point was thought an abominable crime … It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of Freethinkers A, It is intellectual blindness not to recognize the revolutionary import of early Christianity, whatever the contemporary feeling concerning the sacrament of marriage may be, when it set itself like a wall against the tides of boundless sensuality and impressed upon the Roman world the sanctity of human life. Kayden , 88 Contrary to what was often said about his personal life, it is also worth noting that Russell did not practice or defend a libertine ethic. As Wood also notes, Perhaps the finest tribute to his success is that few people now even realize the nature of the old ideas. Russell, it must be repeated, was fighting a cruel and indefensible state of affairs where sexual ignorance was deliberately fostered, so a boy might think the changes of puberty were of some dreadful disease, and a girl might marry without knowing anything of what lay ahead of her on her bridal night; were women were taught to look on sex, not as a source of joy, but of painful matrimonial duty; where prudery went to the extent of covering the legs of pianos in draperies; where artificial mystery evoked morbid curiosity, and where humbug went hand in hand with unhappiness …. Russell says much the same thing when he notes that Religion has three main aspects. In the second place there is theology. In the third place there is institutionalized religion, i. Schilpp , —6. As Russell explains, Suppose, for instance, your child is ill. Love makes you wish to cure it, and science tells you how to do so. There is not an intermediate stage of ethical theory, where it is demonstrated that your child had better be cured. Your act springs directly from desire for an end, together with knowledge of means. This is equally true of all acts, whether good or bad. Instead, they are positively frustrated: If theology is thought necessary to virtue and if candid inquirers see no reason to think the theology true, the authorities will set to work to discourage candid inquiry. In former centuries, they did so by burning the inquirers at the stake. Editors of anthologies from the works of eminent thinkers should not frequently so lucky as to have their paintings licensed via the fellow himself. We upload one quite strange. Download sample. Show sample text content in fact a lot of it really is conventional and lifeless. The Eponymist: Review: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell For the best on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Ships in Days! Cheapest Price Guaranteed. Currency INR. All Categories. Routledge Classics. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Non-Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Non-Fiction. In stock. Be the first to review this product. Add to Cart. Add to Wish List Add to Compare. Unlike the many logical advances Russell introduced, in politics he is still usually understood to be more of an advocate than a theoretician. As a result, his reputation as a political thinker has not been as high as his reputation in logic, metaphysics and epistemology. As a young man, he says, he spent part of each day for many weeks. Photo by Larry Burrows. As Russell tells us, Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. In his draft of the Principles of Mathematics , Russell summarizes the problem as follows: The axiom that all referents with respect to a given relation form a class seems, however, to require some limitation, and that for the following reason. We saw that some predicates can be predicated of themselves. Consider now those … of which this is not the case. For this predicate will either be predicable or not predicable of itself. If it is predicable of itself, it is one of those referents by relation to which it was defined, and therefore, in virtue of their definition, it is not predicable of itself. Conversely, if it is not predicable of itself, then again it is one of the said referents, of all of which by hypothesis it is predicable, and therefore again it is predicable of itself. This is a contradiction. CP, Vol. For example, on this view, an ordinary physical object that normally might be thought to be known only through inference may be defined instead as a certain series of appearances, connected with each other by continuity and by certain causal laws. To say that a certain aspect is an aspect of a certain thing will merely mean that it is one of those which, taken serially, are the thing. There are things that we know without asking the opinion of men of science. If you are too hot or too cold, you can be perfectly aware of this fact without asking the physicist what heat and cold consist of. As Russell puts it, even in logic and mathematics We tend to believe the premises because we can see that their consequences are true, instead of believing the consequences because we know the premises to be true. But the inferring of premises from consequences is the essence of induction; thus the method in investigating the principles of mathematics is really an inductive method, and is substantially the same as the method of discovering general laws in any other science. Moore led the way, but I followed closely in his footsteps. Although we were in agreement, I think that we differed as to what most interested us in our new philosophy. I think that Moore was most concerned with the rejection of idealism, while I was most interested in the rejection of monism. In contrast to this doctrine, Russell proposed his own new doctrine of external relations: The doctrine of internal relations held that every relation between two terms expresses, primarily, intrinsic properties of the two terms and, in ultimate analysis, a property of the whole which the two compose. With some relations this view is plausible. Take, for example, love or hate. If A loves B, this relation exemplifies itself and may be said to consist in certain states of mind of A. Even an atheist must admit that a man can love God. It follows that love of God is a state of the man who feels it, and not properly a relational fact. But the relations that interested me were of a more abstract sort. Suppose that A and B are events, and A is earlier than B. I do not think that this implies anything in A in virtue of which, independently of B, it must have a character which we inaccurately express by mentioning B. Leibniz gives an extreme example. He says that, if a man living in Europe has a wife in India and the wife dies without his knowing it, the man undergoes an intrinsic change at the moment of her death. For example, consider two numbers, one of which is found earlier than the other in a given series: If A is earlier than B, then B is not earlier than A. If you try to express the relation of A to B by means of adjectives of A and B, you will have to make the attempt by means of dates. You may say that the date of A is a property of A and the date of B is a property of B, but that will not help you because you will have to go on to say that the date of A is earlier than the date of B, so that you will have found no escape from the relation. This distinction between logical forms allows Russell to explain three important puzzles. Sentence 3 , for example, is a necessary truth, while sentence 4 is not. The affinities of a given thing are quite different in the two orders, and its causes and effects obey different laws. Two objects may be connected in the mental world by the association of ideas, and in the physical world by the law of gravitation. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. It is customary to suppose that, if a belief is widespread, there must be something reasonable about it. I do not think this view can be held by anyone who has studied history. Before He created the world He foresaw all the pain and misery that it would contain; He is therefore responsible for all of it. It is useless to argue that the pain in the world is due to sin. In the first place, this is not true; it is not sin that causes rivers to overflow their banks or volcanoes to erupt. But even if it were true, it would make no difference. If I were going to beget a child knowing that the child was going to be a homicidal maniac, I should be responsible for his crimes. If God knew in advance the sins of which man would be guilty, He was clearly responsible for all the consequences of those sins when He decided to create man. Today, no one believes that the world was created in BC; but not so very long ago skepticism on this point was thought an abominable crime … It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of Freethinkers A, It is intellectual blindness not to recognize the revolutionary import of early Christianity, whatever the contemporary feeling concerning the sacrament of marriage may be, when it set itself like a wall against the tides of boundless sensuality and impressed upon the Roman world the sanctity of human life. Kayden , 88 Contrary to what was often said about his personal life, it is also worth noting that Russell did not practice or defend a libertine ethic. As Wood also notes, Perhaps the finest tribute to his success is that few people now even realize the nature of the old ideas. Russell, it must be repeated, was fighting a cruel and indefensible state of affairs where sexual ignorance was deliberately fostered, so a boy might think the changes of puberty were signs of some dreadful disease, and a girl might marry without knowing anything of what lay ahead of her on her bridal night; were women were taught to look on sex, not as a source of joy, but of painful matrimonial duty; where prudery went to the extent of covering the legs of pianos in draperies; where artificial mystery evoked morbid curiosity, and where humbug went hand in hand with unhappiness …. Russell says much the same thing when he notes that Religion has three main aspects. In the second place there is theology. In the third place there is institutionalized religion, i. Schilpp , —6. As Russell explains, Suppose, for instance, your child is ill. Love makes you wish to cure it, and science tells you how to do so. There is not an intermediate stage of ethical theory, where it is demonstrated that your child had better be cured. Your act springs directly from desire for an end, together with knowledge of means. This is equally true of all acts, whether good or bad. Instead, they are positively frustrated: If theology is thought necessary to virtue and if candid inquirers see no reason to think the theology true, the authorities will set to work to discourage candid inquiry. In former centuries, they did so by burning the inquirers at the stake. In Russia they still have methods which are little better; but in Western countries the authorities have perfected somewhat milder forms of persuasion. Of these, schools are perhaps the most important: the young must be preserved from hearing the arguments in favour of the opinions which the authorities dislike, and those who nevertheless persist in showing an inquiring disposition will incur social displeasure and, if possible, be made to feel morally reprehensible. A, Society as well as individuals, says Russell, need to choose whether the good life is one that is guided by honest inquiry and the weighing of evidence, or by the familiarity of superstition and the comforts of religion. Partly this is due to our need to understand nature, but equally important is our need to understand each other: The thing, above all, that a teacher should endeavor to produce in his pupils, if democracy is to survive, is the kind of tolerance that springs from an endeavor to understand those who are different from ourselves. One of the best summaries is given by Alan Wood: Russell sometimes maintained, partly I think out of perverseness, that there was no connection between his philosophical and political opinions. This was perfectly legitimate, and even praiseworthy, in a world which never stays the same, and where changing circumstances continually change the balance of arguments on different sides. If they are successful, they carry out the behest of Power, becoming themselves as powerful, in terms of Mr. Even though they spread the good life to millions, the more successful they are, the more usurpatious and dangerous. As a young man, he says, he spent part of each day for many weeks reading Georg Cantor, and copying out the gist of him into a notebook. At that time I falsely supposed all his arguments to be fallacious, but I nevertheless went through them all in the minutest detail. This stood me in good stead when later on I discovered that all the fallacies were mine. 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Mar 20, Sebastien rated it it was amazing Shelves: all-time-favorites , philosophy. , , international diplomacy, science, history of philosophy, morality, religion and spirituality, mathematics, logic, etc etc, all of these are showcased in this collection. I'd only read an essay of his here an essay of his there before, so this was a wonderful deep dive into his works. Obviously in a collection of essays there will be some that are better than others. Personally I had a bit of a harder time with the section of his essays about mathematics, it was above my head so harder to follow and understand. Also a few weaker essays and pieces that are a bit fluffy light on substance or one-dimensional, but those were absolutely the exception. But overall most of these essays are very accessible and readable. I love his methodology of thinking, the framework is built upon a deep reliance on logic and critical reasoning techniques. He has a clarity of thought and explanation, and an ability to perceive the layers beneath the layers, the subtleties of the issues, that is really quite extraordinary. Even if one doesn't agree with his final conclusions one can't help but admire his methodology and critical thinking skills. It is instructive and inspiring. Most important philosopher of the Twentieth Century. The mathematician who wins the Nobel Prize in literature. His writing is unique. He's the Hemingway of prose; keeps it simple, logical, and with the purpose of education for those not interested in wordy philosophical wind. Easy reading, frequently enlightening, and often very sly and witty. This collection is topically separated, and pages long. Fun for casually picking through like a magazine. Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Funny, erudite, brief, honest, so very knowledgeable, so very reasonable, and inquisitive about all the right stuff. You can follow him more or less in this book up from the foundations - logic and maths, philosophy, ethics, education and finally sadly, but nobly politics. Some people say beware of Russell's writings - especially the History of Western Philosophy - they're full of bias. Well I feel all the richer for seei Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Well I feel all the richer for seeing further inside his mind. Don't really know how to rate the book though. While I adore his writing, I don't really adore this specific collection. A brilliant mix of informal autobiography and history and ramble on philosophy. The rest it seems are perhaps less worthwhile reading than his full books - unless you've already read them all and are a fan-girl Sep 07, ZaRi added it Shelves: article , philosophy. , in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in the North, and that if people marry too young the children will be female. He tells us that the blood of females is blacker then that of males; that the pig is the only animal liable to measles; that an elephant suffering from insomnia should have its shoulders rubbed with salt, olive-oil, and warm water; that women have fewer teeth than men, and so on. Neve Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. Nevertheless, he is considered by the great majority of philosophers a paragon of wisdom. May 13, Erik Hoel rated it really liked it. May 28, Lewis Younie rated it it was amazing. There is wit, passion and a thoughtfulness throughout all the writings of Bertrand Russell contained within this collection of work. His style is engaging and provocative, intentionally so, as he seeks to challenge his readers to re-examine treasured beliefs and methods of living. He, however, also constantly demonstrates accompanying keenness to communicate his position as clearly as possible; indeed, he outlines in an early essay on his writing style his determination to always state his posit There is wit, passion and a thoughtfulness throughout all the writings of Bertrand Russell contained within this collection of work. He, however, also constantly demonstrates accompanying keenness to communicate his position as clearly as possible; indeed, he outlines in an early essay on his writing style his determination to always state his position in as few and simple words as possible. I fear however this was a fault of my own understanding, and cannot be blamed on the author. As a primer for the beliefs, theories, and musings of one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, this book is invaluable. On subjects upon which he does have expertise, however, his writing reaches incredible heights; he disseminates information, challenges and then deconstructs positions and establishes his own thoughts with mastery I have encountered elsewhere rarely. The four which he devotes entire essays to addressing, and indeed are critiqued in several other pieces, stand testament to his philosophical and moral opposition to an absence of introspection, skepticism and critical thought. He values knowledge for its illumination of our own potential and the fulfilled lives we can lead but also because it allows us to understand other people, and live in harmony with them. Knowledge thus enables this understanding, and leads to empathy. This is evident in the reverse as well — Russell demonstrates throughout that from others we gain key knowledge and, vitally, critique of our own beliefs and the spur to conduct internal criticism, while also providing the opportunity for others to do the same. Jul 31, Priyanka Suresh rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviews , philosophy-non-fic. What a fantastic book! Would recommend exploring the book from the index - find a topic of your interest, read that essay and repeat. Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia

Editors of anthologies from the works of eminent thinkers should not frequently so lucky as to have their paintings licensed via the fellow himself. We upload one quite strange. Download sample. Show sample text content in fact a lot of it really is conventional and lifeless. He was vilified, and in fact ended up in jail, like his counterparts in Germany. From the s, particularly in the United States, he was bitterly denounced and attacked as a crazy old man who was anti-American. Because he was standing up for the principles that other intellectuals also accepted, but he was doing something about it. . There can be few books that have been titled with such wilful understatement as The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell. Then again, by the standards of Bertrand Russell, perhaps this is basic. He was a prodigious writer on all of the above subjects and a great deal more and for years I have liberated copies of his many books with titles like Political Ideas, Sceptical Essays, In Praise of Idleness and The ABC of Relativity from second hand book shops. I like Russell because he thought the things that may people think, but actually did something about them. He was born in to Lord and Lady Amberley, both of whom died when he was young, and he was raised by his grandmother, Lady Russell, in virtual isolation. It was expected by his elders that Russell would take up a career in politics, but his passion was for mathematics and philosophy. As a member of the ruling classes he could have taken the easy way out, acted as minister in a Liberal , taken up his seat in the House of Lords, not been a bother to anyone. Paperback , pages. Published September 21st by Routledge first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. View all 8 comments. May 01, Alok Mishra rated it really liked it. I won't say that Russell was the most elaborated philosopher of the 20th century. However, he was undoubtedly one of the most elaborated ones This collection is a basic need for anyone who wants to understand the thoughts, writings and opinions of Bertrand on various subjects. View 1 comment. Mar 20, Sebastien rated it it was amazing Shelves: all-time-favorites , philosophy. Political philosophy, economics, international diplomacy, science, history of philosophy, morality, religion and spirituality, mathematics, logic, etc etc, all of these are showcased in this collection. I'd only read an essay of his here an essay of his there before, so this was a wonderful deep dive into his works. Obviously in a collection of essays there will be some that are better than others. Personally I had a bit of a harder time with the section of his essays about mathematics, it was above my head so harder to follow and understand. Also a few weaker essays and pieces that are a bit fluffy light on substance or one-dimensional, but those were absolutely the exception. But overall most of these essays are very accessible and readable. I love his methodology of thinking, the framework is built upon a deep reliance on logic and critical reasoning techniques. He has a clarity of thought and explanation, and an ability to perceive the layers beneath the layers, the subtleties of the issues, that is really quite extraordinary. Even if one doesn't agree with his final conclusions one can't help but admire his methodology and critical thinking skills. It is instructive and inspiring. Most important philosopher of the Twentieth Century. The mathematician who wins the Nobel Prize in literature. His writing is unique. He's the Hemingway of prose; keeps it simple, logical, and with the purpose of education for those not interested in wordy philosophical wind. Easy reading, frequently enlightening, and often very sly and witty. This collection is topically separated, and pages long. Fun for casually picking through like a magazine. Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Funny, erudite, brief, honest, so very knowledgeable, so very reasonable, and inquisitive about all the right stuff. You can follow him more or less in this book up from the foundations - logic and maths, philosophy, ethics, education and finally sadly, but nobly politics. Some people say beware of Russell's writings - especially the History of Western Philosophy - they're full of bias. Well I feel all the richer for seei Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Well I feel all the richer for seeing further inside his mind. Don't really know how to rate the book though. While I adore his writing, I don't really adore this specific collection. A brilliant mix of informal autobiography and history and ramble on philosophy. The rest it seems are perhaps less worthwhile reading than his full books - unless you've already read them all and are a fan-girl Sep 07, ZaRi added it Shelves: article , philosophy. Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities.

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell: by Bertrand Russell

One can refer to it, as we might say, directly. Psychology Press. The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell. Cambridge University Press. Bertrand Russell Memorial Volume. Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy. Scarecrow Press. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thomas Bonk ed. MIT Press. . Gibson, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Quine. Barsky Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States. University of Minnesota Press. . Kuipers Peckhaus eds. Springer , pp. Hardy: A study of their Relationship". McMaster University Library Press. Retrieved 3 January Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of and Logic. Palgrave Macmillan. Random House. Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic. Alan Turing: The Enigma. Princeton University Press. The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination. Yale University Press. Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting". , a Biography. Allied Publishers. 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I was brought up as a Roman Catholic. I loved the idea that there was a great drama and a grand plan behind existence. Later, under the influence of Bertrand Russell's writings and my increasing awareness of scientific knowledge, I lost faith in conventional religion. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. He became a relentless political activist during World War I , and throughout his life was an ardent advocate of parliamentary democracy through his support first of the Liberal Party and then of Labour. I have imagined myself in turn a Liberal, a Socialist, or a Pacifist, but I have never been any of these things, in any profound sense. Marshall Cavendish. Moore broke themselves free from British Idealism which, for nearly 90 years, had dominated British philosophy. 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I adhered to it after this discovery, and was rash enough to tell my grandmother that I was a utilitarian. Now, however, the opposite seems to me self-evident. This change has been brought about by what I may call moral experience. Encyclopedia of Things. Archived from the original on 22 June Retrieved 6 July As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one prove sic that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think I ought to say that I am an Atheist. The Impact of Science on Society. New York, Columbia University Press. Which Way to Peace? Part Joseph Ltd. Human Society in Ethics and Politics. London: G. Internet Archive. Cambridge, University press. National Labour Press. Retrieved 14 May — via Google Books. Project Gutenberg. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 19 November George Allen And Unwin Limited. The Bodley Head. Little, Brown and company. To end all wars: a story of loyalty and rebellion, — Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 11 October McMaster University Library. Retrieved 5 February Bertrand Russell at Wikipedia's sister projects. Links to related articles. . Epistemology Language Mathematics Science. Aretaic Linguistic. Classical Mathematical Non-classical Philosophical. Analysis paradox of analysis Analytic—synthetic distinction Counterfactual Natural kind Reflective equilibrium Supervenience. Charlie Broad Norman Malcolm G. Ramsey Ludwig Wittgenstein. Anscombe J. Austin A. Ernest Nagel. Carl Gustav Hempel Hans Reichenbach. Quine . David Chalmers J. Mackie Peter Singer J. James F. Conant Alice Crary Cora Diamond. Category Index. Whitehead Bertrand Russell G. Strawson R. Quine G. Zalta more Axiology Cosmology Epistemology Feminist metaphysics Interpretations of quantum mechanics Mereology Meta- Ontology Philosophy of mind Philosophy of self Philosophy of space and time Teleology Theoretical physics. Outline of epistemology Meta-epistemology Philosophy of Social epistemology. Category Task Force Stubs Discussion. . Index of language articles. Ayer G. Causal theory of reference Contrast theory of Descriptivism Dynamic Linguistic Mediated reference theory Non-cognitivism Phallogocentrism Relevance theory Symbiosism Theological noncognitivism Unilalianism Verification theory. Category Task Force Discussion. Philosophy of religion. Eschatological verification Language game Logical Apophatic theology . Augustinian theodicy Best of all possible worlds Euthyphro dilemma Inconsistent triad Irenaean theodicy Natural evil Theodicy. Philosophers of religion. Criticism of religion Ethics in religion Exegesis History of religion Religion Religious language Religious philosophy Relationship between religion and science Faith and rationality more Portal Category. Philosophy of science. Alchemy Descriptive science Epistemology Faith and rationality Hard and soft science History and philosophy of science History of evolutionary thought Logic Metaphysics Normative science Relationship between religion and science of scientific knowledge Sociology of scientific ignorance. Philosophers of science by era. Plato Aristotle Epicureans. Social and political philosophy. Philosophy of Social epistemology. Set theory. Set mathematics. Paradoxes Problems. Russell's paradox Suslin's problem Burali-Forti paradox. This comprehensive anthology of Bertrand Russell's writings brings together his definitive essays from the period to It covers the most fertile and the most lasting work on every significant area he published in. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published September 21st by Routledge first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. View all 8 comments. May 01, Alok Mishra rated it really liked it. I won't say that Russell was the most elaborated philosopher of the 20th century. However, he was undoubtedly one of the most elaborated ones This collection is a basic need for anyone who wants to understand the thoughts, writings and opinions of Bertrand on various subjects. View 1 comment. Mar 20, Sebastien rated it it was amazing Shelves: all-time-favorites , philosophy. Political philosophy, economics, international diplomacy, science, history of philosophy, morality, religion and spirituality, mathematics, logic, etc etc, all of these are showcased in this collection. I'd only read an essay of his here an essay of his there before, so this was a wonderful deep dive into his works. Obviously in a collection of essays there will be some that are better than others. Personally I had a bit of a harder time with the section of his essays about mathematics, it was above my head so harder to follow and understand. Also a few weaker essays and pieces that are a bit fluffy light on substance or one-dimensional, but those were absolutely the exception. But overall most of these essays are very accessible and readable. I love his methodology of thinking, the framework is built upon a deep reliance on logic and critical reasoning techniques. He has a clarity of thought and explanation, and an ability to perceive the layers beneath the layers, the subtleties of the issues, that is really quite extraordinary. Even if one doesn't agree with his final conclusions one can't help but admire his methodology and critical thinking skills. It is instructive and inspiring. Most important philosopher of the Twentieth Century. The mathematician who wins the Nobel Prize in literature. His writing is unique. He's the Hemingway of prose; keeps it simple, logical, and with the purpose of education for those not interested in wordy philosophical wind. Easy reading, frequently enlightening, and often very sly and witty. This collection is topically separated, and pages long. Fun for casually picking through like a magazine. Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Funny, erudite, brief, honest, so very knowledgeable, so very reasonable, and inquisitive about all the right stuff. You can follow him more or less in this book up from the foundations - logic and maths, philosophy, ethics, education and finally sadly, but nobly politics. Some people say beware of Russell's writings - especially the History of Western Philosophy - they're full of bias. Well I feel all the richer for seei Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite thinker and writer of all time. Well I feel all the richer for seeing further inside his mind. Don't really know how to rate the book though. While I adore his writing, I don't really adore this specific collection. A brilliant mix of informal autobiography and history and ramble on philosophy. The rest it seems are perhaps less worthwhile reading than his full books - unless you've already read them all and are a fan-girl Sep 07, ZaRi added it Shelves: article , philosophy. Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in the North, and that if people marry too young the children will be female. He tells us that the blood of females is blacker then that of males; that the pig is the only animal liable to measles; that an elephant suffering from insomnia should have its shoulders rubbed with salt, olive-oil, and warm water; that women have fewer teeth than men, and so on. Neve Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. Nevertheless, he is considered by the great majority of philosophers a paragon of wisdom. May 13, Erik Hoel rated it really liked it. May 28, Lewis Younie rated it it was amazing. There is wit, passion and a thoughtfulness throughout all the writings of Bertrand Russell contained within this collection of work. His style is engaging and provocative, intentionally so, as he seeks to challenge his readers to re-examine treasured beliefs and methods of living. He, however, also constantly demonstrates accompanying keenness to communicate his position as clearly as possible; indeed, he outlines in an early essay on his writing style his determination to always state his posit There is wit, passion and a thoughtfulness throughout all the writings of Bertrand Russell contained within this collection of work. He, however, also constantly demonstrates accompanying keenness to communicate his position as clearly as possible; indeed, he outlines in an early essay on his writing style his determination to always state his position in as few and simple words as possible. I fear however this was a fault of my own understanding, and cannot be blamed on the author. As a primer for the beliefs, theories, and musings of one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, this book is invaluable. On subjects upon which he does have expertise, however, his writing reaches incredible heights; he disseminates information, challenges and then deconstructs positions and establishes his own thoughts with mastery I have encountered elsewhere rarely. The four concepts which he devotes entire essays to addressing, and indeed are critiqued in several other pieces, stand testament to his philosophical and moral opposition to an absence of introspection, skepticism and critical thought. He values knowledge for its illumination of our own potential and the fulfilled lives we can lead but also because it allows us to understand other people, and live in harmony with them. Knowledge thus enables this understanding, and leads to empathy. This concept is evident in the reverse as well — Russell demonstrates throughout that from others we gain key knowledge and, vitally, critique of our own beliefs and the spur to conduct internal criticism, while also providing the opportunity for others to do the same. Jul 31, Priyanka Suresh rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviews , philosophy-non-fic. What a fantastic book! Would recommend exploring the book from the index - find a topic of your interest, read that essay and repeat. The prose is straightforward, articulate and beautiful. Backstory - I read an essay called "Knowledge and wisdom" by Russell when I was in school, loved it so much I learned it word for word.

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