Russell en 90 minutos

Philosophers in 90 Minutes #2

by Paul Strathern

Russell afirmó que fueron tres las pasiones que le dominaron un anhelo de amor, la búsqueda de conocimiento y una angustiosa compasión por el sufrimiento humano. Guiaron tanto su vida personal como su quehacer intelectual. Su punto de vista filosófico, profundamente imbuido de la ciencia de su tiempo, estuvo, no obstante, enraizado en la lógica y en el empirismo, dedicó sus mayores esfuerzos a la epistemología -la indagación por el ultimo fundamento de nuestro saber acerca del mundo- ¿Cómo podemos tener la certeza de que es verdadero lo que pretendemos saber? ¿Dónde radica la certidumbre en nuestra experiencia del mundo?
En Russell en 90 minutos, Paul Strathern presenta un repaso conciso y experto de la vida e ideas de Russell, y explica su influencia en la lucha del hombre por comprender su existencia en el mundo. El libro incluye una selección de escritos de Russell, una breve lista de lecturas sugeridas para aquellos que deseen profundizar en su pensamiento, y cronologías que sitúan a Russell en su época y en una sinopsis más amplia de la filosofía.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir, Biography

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Paul Strathern (born 1940) is a English writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he served in the Merchant Navy over a period of two years. He then lived on a Greek island. In 1966 he travelled overland to India and the Himalayas. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972.

Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics.

Reviews

[Motahareh · Rating 3 out of 5]

برخلاف انتظارم بیشتر درمورد زندگی راسل بود تا عقاید و نظریاتش و جدا از این به نظرم نویسنده کمی تا حدودی جانب دارانه به شرح زندگی راسل پرداخته بود.

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Russell asserted that throughout his life he was driven by three great passions: 1. the longing for love, 2. the quest for knowledge, and 3. heart rending pity for the suffering of humanity. I feel the same way except that I might change the word "humanity" to "all living things."

Russell and Wittgenstein had a fascinating discussion about whether or not there was a hippopotamus in the room. Russell insisted there could not be one on scientific grounds, but Wittgenstein refused to agree because it was logically possible.

One of the things I admire Russell for politically is that, unlike George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells who were duped by Russian communism, he was always aware of its failings. This made him unpopular with leftists, but it showed he could stand up for what is right.

"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."--Bertrand Russell

"The Picasso of modern philosophy."--A. J. Ayer describing Russell.

"Vomitive"--Wittgenstein's opinion on Russell's essays.

"Will machines destroy emotions, or will emotions destroy machines?"--Russell.

[Paulo Lima · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's just unbelievable that a book who claims to discuss an introduction about Bertrand Russell in any moment (that's true) remarks his works on religion and atheísm and what he passed through for attacking the christianism.
What such a deception!

[Amirsaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

پاسخ راسل برای پارادوکسش برایم جالب و آموزنده بود.

[TheTeapot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent intro to Russell's life and ideas for the novice philosopher. Took a lot longer than 90 minutes to digest!

[Theo Milos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Russell wrote ”The Wisdom in Western Philosophy” which he is most famous for. He was driven by three great passions: 1. the longing for love, 2. the quest for knowledge, and 3. heart rending pity for the suffering of humanity.

He created logical atomism. In order to discover if a statement is true we can break it down into its logical atoms and see whether these have been combined in a correct logical way.

Russell had quite a lot of thoughts in mathematics, for example believing that zero is a number and that no two numbers have the same successor. Russell held that the ultimate objective of both science and philosophy was to understand reality, not simply to make predictions.

Things that can not be verified shall not be talked about because it is pointless to argue about.

"A thing can not be itself and at the same time not itself" The world is divided by things that are apples and things that are not apples.

[Timothy Rooney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book in the series that I have read. It was gifted to me. The greatest asset of this book is that it does an effective job summarizing the life of Beteand Russell. Furthermore, the book does a very focused job of relating only the facts. There seems to be little judgment or evaluation of the actions taken by Bertrand. Finally, I must concede that the judgment and evaluation could be interpreted as selecting which facts the author chooses to include. Even if this were the case, Strathern does a good job of presenting the life of Bertrand in a fair and balanced way. At least as effectively as you can do that in 75 pages!

[Rogério Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breve história da vida e trabalho de Bertrand Russel. Me ajudou a completar a noção que eu tinha do Bertrand vista na HQ LogicoMix. Bertrando Russel já é um dos meus filósofos favoritos pela sua capacidade analítica, visão racional, sem ser extremista(até porque Goedel destruiu as possibilidades de tal) e problemas sociais(os quais me faz lembrar de mim mesmo). O autor sempre deixa umas pinceladas de opinião no meio do livro, o que não é ruim e às vezes engraçado. O livro também deixa algumas recomendações de leitura ao final.

[Terry James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this light overview and biography of a serious thinker. It will not give you any depth, but it will give you a quick overview of the books you should read. It was a fun, light read.

[Amir · Rating 3 out of 5]

بعد از توماس آکویناس دومین کتاب از این مجموعه بود که می‌خوندم. با توجه به خاستگاه و طبیعتاً نزدیکی نویسنده به فضای راسل کتاب فاصله معناداری از نظر کیفی با آکویناس داره و خب احتمالا اگر مشت رو نمونه خروار بگیریم احتمالاً این یکدست نبودن رو تو همه مجموعه بتونیم ببینیم، باید خوند و دید. اما به نظرم خود آشنایی با راسل تو این مجموعه قابل دفاع و قابل استفاده است و در فضای محدود خودش شناخت اولیه خوبی رو از راسل صورت‌بندی می‌کنه
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[Navid Aliakbarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

So So

[Ygor Anario · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este livro me pôs em um estado de extrema curiosidade em relação a Wittgenstein.

[Guilherme Passos · Rating 4 out of 5]

De todos dessa coleção que li até agora, esse é meu preferido. Paul Strathern parece ter um imenso respeito e admiração por Russel, o que faz com que capriche bastante na obra, sendo bem detalhista e explicando com bastante coerência (na medida do possível de suas poucas páginas) o cerne da ideia de Russel.
Ao terminar de ler esse livro, quis ler todos os do Russel.

[Nativeabuse · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better 90 minute books, this placed bertrand russell into the historical line perfectly and totally made clear his place in the lineage of philosophy. Fantastic intro to his ideas, making their purpose, goals and achievements, shortcomings, ect all extremely clear to me.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kind of book i would never have read 15 years ago because i would have derided it for its introduction-ness and dismissed it as 'for dilettantes'. Having recently remembered that i AM a dilettante when it comes to philosophy, i found it very informative.

[Oskar Tokugawa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Como los demás libros de la colección, supone una amena aproximación al tema. Recomendable para tener una base con que abordar el pensamiento de Russell con mayor profundidad (o poder defenderse en una charla de amigos/partida de Trivial ^^)

[saber · Rating 3 out of 5]

خیلی مختصر در مورد فلسفه راسل بود. فقط به کلیاتش اشاره شد. با این حال برای شروع شناخت راسل (مخصوصا شخصیتش) خوب بود.

[Mostafa Abdollahi · Rating 2 out of 5]

فهمیدم به فلسفه علاقه ندارم! :(