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Quiz: Bertrand Russell

  1. When was Bertrand Russell born?

    • 1872, Trellech, Wales.
    • 1889, Vienna, Austria.
    • 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • 8 May 1899, Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
    Answer

    1872, Trellech, Wales. — Born: 1872, Trellech, Wales..

  2. When did Bertrand Russell die?

    • 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales.
    • 27 April 1937, Rome.
    • 1986, Paris.
    • 1960, near Sens, France, in a car crash.
    Answer

    1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales. — Died: 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales..

  3. What is Bertrand Russell known for?

    • Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes.
    • Falsifiability as the mark of science, and The Open Society and Its Enemies of 1945.
    • Differance, the critique of the metaphysics of presence, and readings of Plato, Rousseau, and Husserl.
    • The Second Sex, the ethics of ambiguity, and the analysis of woman as the Other.
    Answer

    Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes. — Known for: Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes..

  4. Which school of thought was Bertrand Russell part of?

    • Analytic philosophy; logical atomism.
    • Existentialism and feminism.
    • Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source.
    • Analytic philosophy, in two acts.
    Answer

    Analytic philosophy; logical atomism. — School: Analytic philosophy; logical atomism..

  5. True or false: English logician, philosopher, and public campaigner who co wrote Principia Mathematica and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.