Description: From The Ploughshare Drawn by JF Horabin This 1917 image is in public domain Source in German httpsdewikipediaorgwikiDateiBertrandRussellbyJFHorrabinjpFrom httpsenwikipediaorgwikiBertrandRussellBertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS rsl 18 May 1872 2 February 1970 was a British philosopher logician mathematician historian writer social critic political activist and Nobel laureate At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal a socialist and a pacifist but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things in any profound sense He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United KingdomIn the early 20th century Russell led the British revolt against idealism He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege colleague G E Moore and his protg Ludwig Wittgenstein He is widely held to be one of the 20th centurys premier logicians With A N Whitehead he wrote Principia Mathematica an attempt to create a logical basis for mathematics His philosophical essay On Denoting has been considered a paradigm of philosophy His work has had a considerable influence on logic mathematics set theory linguistics artificial intelligence cognitive science computer science see type theory and type system and philosophy especially the philosophy of language epistemology and metaphysicsRussell was a prominent antiwar activist he championed antiimperialism and went to prison for his pacifism during World War I Later he campaigned against Adolf Hitler then criticised Stalinist totalitarianism attacked the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War and was an outspoken proponent of nuclear disarmament In 1950 Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought
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