Bertrand Russell
The Earl Russell
Russell in 1957
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a British philosopher, logician, and social critic
Born
Bertrand Arthur William Russell 18 May 1872 Trellech, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Died
2 February 1970 (aged 97) Penrhyndeudraeth, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Awards
De Morgan Medal (1932) Sylvester Medal (1934) Nobel Prize in Literature (1950) Kalinga Prize (1957) Jerusalem Prize (1963)
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles
Spouse(s)
Alys Pearsall Smith ( m. 1894; div. 1921) Dora Black ( m. 1921; div. 1935) Patricia Spence ( m. 1936; div. 1952) Edith Finch ( m. 1952)
Academic advisors
James Ward A. N. Whitehead
adultbasic
Britain
Doctoral students
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1893)
era
1800+
Era
20th-century philosophy
Main interests
Epistemology ethics logic mathematics metaphysics history of philosophy philosophy of culture philosophy of language philosophy of logic philosophy of mathematics philosophy of mind philosophy of perception
Notable ideas
Analytic philosophy Automated reasoning Automated theorem proving Axiom of reducibility Barber paradox Berry paradox Chicken Connective Criticism of the coherence theory of truth Criticism of the doctrine
Other notable students
Raphael Demos
Preceded by
The 2nd Earl Russell
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy
Succeeded by
The 4th Earl Russell