Born
1872
Died
1970
Nationality
British
Events involving Bertrand Russell (6)
1901
ID: 385
June 1901
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox in Frege's system, precipitating the foundational crisis in mathematics
ID: 385
1902
ID: 367
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox in Frege's system, creating a crisis in the foundations of mathematics
ID: 367
1902
ID: 386
June 16, 1902
Russell writes to Frege informing him of the paradox in his logical system, devastating Frege's logicist program
ID: 386
1903
ID: 388
Russell publishes 'The Principles of Mathematics', outlining the logicist program despite the paradox
ID: 388
1908
ID: 389
Russell publishes 'Mathematical Logic as Based on the Theory of Types', introducing type theory to avoid paradoxes
ID: 389
1910
ID: 368
December 1910
Russell and Whitehead publish Volume 1 of Principia Mathematica, attempting to derive all mathematics from logical foundations
ID: 368