This philosopher described the "tragic delusion" of how, during World War I, destruction in Belgiumwas attributed to Germany rather than to war itself.
This philosopher described the "tragic delusion" of how, during World War I, destruction in Belgiumwas attributed to Germany rather than to war itself. This man developed a hierarchy of predicates to avoid aproblem that prompted the phrase "arithmetic totters" from Gottlob Frege. This creator of a theory of typesalso examined substitutions in the phrase "George IV wanted to know if Scott is the author of Waverley" inhis theory of descriptions from "On Denoting." Considering the set of all sets that are not members ofthemselves led to this man's paradox. This philosopher argued in 1927 at Battersea Town Hall against theexistence of God. For 10 points, name this British philosopher who delivered the lecture "Why I Am Not aChristian."
This philosopher described the "tragic delusion" of how, during World War I, destruction in Belgiumwas attributed to Germany rather than to war itself.
Bertrand Arthur William Russell