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Bertrand was a British philosopher, logician, essayist, and social critic, best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. His most influential contributions include his defense of logicism (the view that mathematics is in some important sense reducible to logic), and his theories of definite descriptions and logical atomism. Along with G.E. Moore, Russell is generally recognized as one of the founders of analytic philosophy. Along with Kurt Gödel, he is also regularly credited with being one of the two most important logicians of the twentieth century.

Over the course of his long career, Russell made significant contributions, not just to logic and philosophy, but to a broad range of other subjects including education, history, political theory and religious studies. In addition, many of his writings on a wide variety of topics in both the sciences and the humanities have influenced generations of general readers.

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 ? 2 February 1970) was a BritishSidney Hook, "Lord Russell and the War Crimes Trial", Bertrand Russell: critical assessments, Volume 1, edited by A. D. Irvine, (New York 1999) page 178 philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Bertrand Russell", 1 May 2003 Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died.

Russell led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 1900s. He is considered one...

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