Russell: A Very Short Introduction

by A. C. Grayling

Overview

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Russell is credited with being one of the prime movers of Analytic Philosophy, and with having played a part in the revolution in social attitudes witnessed throughout the twentieth-century world. This introduction gives a clear survey of Russell's achievements across a wide ange.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192802583
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/16/2002
Series:	Very Short Introductions , #59
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	303,419
Product dimensions:	7.04(w) x 4.54(h) x 0.47(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

A. C. Grayling is Reader in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford. He is author of Wittgenstein in the Very Short Introductions series, as well as An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, The Refutation of Scepticism, and Berkeley: The Central Arguments. He is the editor of Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject and Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject.

Table of Contents

1. Life and Work2. Logic and Philosophy3. Philosophy, Mind and Science4. Politics and society5. Russell's influence