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Bertrand Russell - 18 May 1872

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  • Birth

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born to Viscount Amberley and Lady Katherine in Trelleck, Monmouthsire, Wales. Irvine, Andrew. Bertrand Russell. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 29 June 2017. plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/#PrimLit

  • Fell In Love

    Russell fell in love with the study of mathematics at the age of 11 when his brother Frank gave him his first lesson in Geometry.

  • Trinity College, Cambridge

    After receiving a private education at home, Russell was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge, initially to study mathematics. During his studies at Trinity, Russell moved on to study philosophy.

  • Russell's Paradox

    Russell's Paradox
    Russell discovers a paradox within the mathematical Set Theory. Russell states, "In other words, if there is such a thing as “everything,” then, “everything” is something, and is a member of the class “everything.”" (Russell, 169).
    link text Russell, Bertrand. An Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, and New York, Macmillan Co., 1919.

  • The Principles of Mathematics

    Russel published his work in logic and mathematics in Principles of Mathematics. (1903).
    Russell, Bertrand. Principles of Mathematics. Routledge, 1903.

  • Theory of Types

    Theory of Types
    Russell published article, Mathematical Logic as Based on the Theory of Types (1908). The Theory of Types lays out how to deal with some of the contradictions Russell found in the set theory. Russell, Bertrand. Mathematical Logic as based on the Theory of Types. American Journal of Mathematics, vol. 30, no. 3, 1908, p. 222.,

  • The Problems of Philosophy

    Russell writes about the problems in philosophy he considered would provoke debate and constructive discussions. Russell, Bertrand. The Problems of Philosophy. Henry Holt and Company, 1912.

  • Our Knowledge of the External World

    Russell tackles theories he presented in The Problems of Philosophy which he wasn't satisfied with. In his published work of Our Knowledge of the External World Russell analyses the implications of his Cartesian assumption. Russell, Bertrand. Our Knowledge of the External World. Routledge, 1914.

  • Imprisonment

    Russell was imprisoned for five months for campaigning for peace during Would War I.

  • ABC of Atoms

    Published The ABC of Atoms.
    Russell, Bertrand. The ABC of Atoms. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD. 1923

  • The Scientific Outlook

    The Scientific Outlook
    Russell writes, "A scientific opinion is one which there is some reason to believe is true; an unscientific opinion is one which is held for some reason other than its probable truth". Russell, Bertrand. The Scientific Outlook. London, George Allen and Unwin. 1931.

  • Meaning and Truth

    Russell publishes, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth and states, "The present work is intended as an investigation of certain problems concerning empirical knowledge". Russell, Bertrand. An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. London, George Allen and Unwin LTD. 1940.

  • Nobel Prize

    Russell is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    Acceptance speech video link.
    https://youtu.be/HzTl-eS8NGw The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/russell/biographical/.

  • Interview

    Bertrand Russell was interviewed by Woodrow Wyatt in 1960 about his views on philosophy and science.
    https://youtu.be/gvOcjzQ32Fw

  • Death

    Bertrand Russell dies in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales.