Essays on Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was one of the overwhelming scholars of the twentieth century. Bertrand Russell presents his prologue in a very clear and reasonable and logical way with the use of narrative and descriptive style in his writing. In the prologue “What I have lived for,” the author uses simple and direct messages to directly address the readers to the main statement to be made from the work written by him. He is clear about his life and what it taught him which he describes from this work of ...

You always have to ask, “What is the point?” Every time we read something in this class, maybe every time you ever read or listen to anything, you have to want to understand the purpose/goal of the intellectual effort being exerted. In this case, we ask about what Russell thinks the value of philosophy is, and, much more importantly, why he finds it necessary to explain it to us, in the first place. What is he hoping to accomplish? How do we figure this out? We look for clues as we go. Why, ...

You always have to ask, “What is the point?” Every time we read something in this class, maybe every time you ever read or listen to anything, you have to want to understand the purpose/goal of the intellectual effort being exerted. In this case, we ask about what Russell thinks the value of philosophy is, and, much more importantly, why he finds it necessary to explain it to us, in the first place. What is he hoping to accomplish? How do we figure this out? We look for clues as we go. Why, ...

“The Value of Philosophy” by Bertrand Russell defines philosophy as a study of the uncertain because the questions asked in philosophy have no answers. Once something has an answer it ceases to be philosophy and becomes an entirely new discipline. Thus, philosophy constitutes the undefinable and the unanswerable. But an answer can not be achieved without asking the question first. Though philosophic inquiry yields no direct answers, it produces questions that may in turn lead to the ...

“The Happy Life” by Bertrand Russell, “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” by Peter Singer and “Lifeboat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin are all different works that dictate how one can live the “good life” well. To an extent, these three essays are fairly similar in what they are addressing; however, when scrutinized and analyzed, these essays contradict and challenge each other in many ways. After much thought and dissection of these three works, one comes to an overall understanding. A thesis ...

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher known for his work in mathematical logic. He had a life that was highly controversial to the British government he lived with, and faced many hardships brought on by his beliefs. Russell spent the 97 years of his life using mathematics to prove philosophical ideas. Russell was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, UK, on May 18, 1872, to Viscount Amberley and Katherine Russell. He lost most of his immediate family by the age of six, and was made a ward of ...