The Problems of Philosophy

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Full title The Problems of Philosophy

Author Bertrand Russell

Lifetime of the Author 1872–1970

Nationality of the Author Born and died in Wales, United Kingdom

Philosophical Movement Russell's work was an early cornerstone of analytic philosophy, which popularized an explicit "analysis" of philosophical problems.

Philosophical genre An introduction to problems of metaphysics and epistemology, which also posits its own positive philosophic program.

Language English

Time and place written Written in 1910–1912, while Russell was a Fellow at Trinity College.

Date of first publication 1912

First publisher Home University Library

Speaker in The Problems of Philosophy First person point of view

Other philosophers referenced and discussed in this work Rene Descartes, Bishop Berkeley, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Hegel

Essential metaphysical distinction This book builds on Russell's innovative idea of sense-data as the primary fact of experience, from which we logically construct other ideas about knowledge.

School of philosophy originated Analytic philosophy originated with Russell

Russell's primary philosophical interests Logic, mathematics, and epistemology

Intellectual tradition in which Russell was trained, against which he later revolted British idealism

Logical theory that allowed Russell to moderate his realist views Theory of Descriptions

Prestigious award that Russell earned for his groundbreaking work on logic The Nobel Prize for Literature, for his work Principia Mathematica

Institution where Russell studied and lectured Trinity College, Cambridge University

Philosophical method after which Russell patterns his own method of enquiry Descartes' radical doubt

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