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Who is Bertrand Russell from The Problems of Philosophy and what is their importance? The_Problems_of_Philosophy English & Literature Bertrand Russell | The Problems of Philosophy

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Russell was a British philosopher, social critic, logician and essays; his most important philosophical work was in logic and analytical logic. He is well-known for his assertion that mathematics is reducible to logic, his philosophy of language (particularly his theory of definite descriptions) and logical atomism.