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Birth and childhood
Bertrand was born in England. He was raised primarily by his grandmother from the age of six after his parents' death. He was homeschooled which led to his isolation from other children. This isolation drove his desire to learn mathematics. This love of mathematics and its certain, demonstrable knowledge led to his philosophical motivation that all knowledge might have such secure foundations. (Monk 2018) -
Russell's Paradox
Russell's Paradox, which focuses on set theories, is quite complicated. This paradox is very simply explained in the listed video. Video -
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Spreading his word and knowledge
During this time he lectured in and out of colleges and dabbled in political runs. He caused lots of controversy in several colleges while lecturing due to some of his opinions going against the "social norms". -
The Doctrine of Types
Created it in response to his discovery that Gottlob Frege's version of naive set theory was afflicted with Russell's paradox. Bertrand spent years developing his Type theory. He created it to avoid paradoxes in a variety of formal logics and rewrite systems. It is now used in many ways ranging from mathematics, computer programing, social sciences and linguistics. W. Farmer, The seven virtues of simple type theory, Journal of Applied Logic, Vol. 6, No. 3. (September 2008), pp. 267–286. -
Nobel Prize Winner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Bertrand Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought". "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1950/ -
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Fight for Peace!
The later years of his life he was a HUGE advocate for peace. Below are his major points:
(1955) Releases Russell-Einstein Manifesto
(1957) Elected President of the first Pugwash Conference
(1958) Becomes founding President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(1961) Imprisoned for one week in connection with anti-nuclear protests
(1963) Establishes the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
(1967) Launches the International War Crimes Tribunal https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/#ASORA -
Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Russell joined with Einstein and several other famed scientists to plead with the world to denounce war. The atomic bomb had recently been created. They knew that if we entered another world war the human race would be obliterated. The Manifesto -
Russell's Advice to the Future
A note that Russell had for the generations of the future Note the to the world -
Death
Died in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales. -
Sources
Monk, Ray. “Bertrand Russell.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 May 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Bertrand-Russell.
