Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy - A

Bertrand Russell

No history of philosophy in the 20th century can avoid its greatest exponent, Bertrand Russell. Scion of an aristocratic family and an early architect of analytic philosophy, Russell dominated the discipline for two generations and permanently transformed it. One of the foremost logicians in history, he discovered, confronted, and overcame antinomies at the heart of pure mathematics, helped to create modern logic, and oversaw its application to metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. A radical and outspoken public commentator on moral, social and political life, Russell aroused controversy beyond academia by word and action. Ever subject to change in the light of new challenges, his prolific and highly readable philosophy defies formulaic summary, but his development and principal achievements can and will be outlined, explained, and evaluated in this course.

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