Bertrand Russell

analysis on the subject. Each of these authors has their different contributions which must be not be ignored, to understand the existence of man in the universe, and things that control him. We shall look at the works of three researchers, who are Bertrand Russell, in his contributions on why I am Not a Christian, Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis, and finally, The Age of A reason. In his contributions, Lewis, (1997), explains spirituality basing his facts from several denominations. From these,…

By claiming, “undoubtedly we should desire the happiness of those whom we love, but not as an alternative to our own” (Russell 364), he demonstrates that if people only give in a relationship, but are not happy themselves, the love is not worth maintaining. Thus, in order to live “the good life” well, one must focus on self-interest rather than setting others’ needs ahead…

Bertrand Russell, a British mathematician and philosopher, says in “The Happy Life” the “happy man” is: “Such a man [that] feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords” (790). The man Russell describes is someone who enjoys the world around them, and this ultimately makes him happy. Too often people don’t stop…

believes in the worse possible outcome and to aspect the worst. This is a consequence of when someone lives their life in immersed in doubt. Although Bertrand Russell expressed that “entertain[ing] our opinions with some measure of doubt” is a positive attribute because society “shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy.” Russell is explaining that doubt is to be human, and to periodically check ourselves from becoming a society in which we ignore the individuality. It is…

just simply a robot that is physically but not mentally present. This world is thought by some to exist, yet there are also many who oppose this philosophy known to many as the problem of other minds. From concepts coined by philosophers such as Bertrand Russell, John Stuart Mill, P.F. Strawson, and more; we came to the belief that this theory and idea that there are no minds besides your own to be false based on the arguments of analogical inference, theoretical entities, and ascription of…

though any given individual on Earth is essentially dimensionless, meaning without internal volume, relative to all of space. In a parallel to geometry, humans are like points—they exist, but without dimension. Yet, humans are not dimensionless, and Russell feels an intimate attachment with all other life forms—past, present and future. I am likened to Russell’s description because he explains that one needs to arrive at moral actions spontaneously, rather than being too absorbed in the pursuit…

collection of contingent beings. In his analogy, Russel states that if every man has a mother, there is an argument that the human race has a mother as well, but the human race does not have a mother because that is a “different logical sphere”. Russell disagrees with the assumption that the universe must be contingent based on the idea that if each being has property then the universe they inhabit must also have that same property. He feels that it is possible that the universe itself is an…

have ever seen….I thought to myself the world of love wanted nothing to do with me.” (Grealy, 124). Grealy began losing all confidence in her own opinions and instead of simply doubting them, she adopted everyone else’s views of her as her own. As Russell describes in his writings, Grealy did the opposite. She had no certainty in herself, only doubt which lead to her miserable view on…

facts. Later, I will provide a philosophically tenable explanation of Bertrand Russell’s account of substitutional quantification and its relationship with general facts. Finally, I will conclude with an evaluation of the dispute between Wittgenstein and Russell regarding the existence of general facts. Wittgenstein argues that much like commas and parentheticals, logical connectives…

Today`s society persuaded the majority of American to believe that if you are certain in an idea or scenario than nothing can deactivate it, which is a valuable concept. To believe in yourself can truly push people to new heights to do things never considered before. In the case of the Wright Brothers, their predecessors could not fathom the idea of man being able to fly, however Wilbur and Orville were certain they could find a way, and they did. A healthy amount of doubt is a good quality and…