Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

The range of Bertrand Russell's (1872‐1970) interests makes a historical dictionary approach to him and his work of particular value. These interests extend from highly original analysis of logical propositions and the meaning of meaning to a public engagement in nuclear disarmament (he helped to found the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), education and sexual morality, women's rights and the role of religion in the modern democracy. He worked with A.N. Whitehead on the famous Principia Mathematica (the first edition of which appeared between 1903 and 1913), knew Wittgenstein and Frege and Carnap, met Lenin, went to prison, attacked Christianity, wrote...