# Bertrand Russell (@bertrand-russell)

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, essayist, and political campaigner. He helped transform logic and analytic philosophy, wrote widely for public audiences, and joined intellectual work with sustained opposition to war and authoritarianism.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Bertrand Russell's public record._

## Topics

- [Public Intellectual and Peace Campaigner](/@bertrand-russell/public-intellectual-and-peace-campaigner.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics](/@bertrand-russell/logic-and-the-foundations-of-mathematics.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Public activism](/@bertrand-russell/activism.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Philosophical analysis](/@bertrand-russell/analysis.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Descriptions and Logical Analysis](/@bertrand-russell/descriptions-and-logical-analysis.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Method](/@bertrand-russell/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Logic and mathematics](/@bertrand-russell/logic.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Works and Context](/@bertrand-russell/major-works-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@bertrand-russell/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/
- blog: https://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/bertrand-russell
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/russell/biographical/

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "bertrand-russell", "question": "…"}`.