Bertrand Russell

"What I Believe" is the title of two essays espousing humanism, by Bertrand Russell and by E. M. Forster, respectively. Several other authors have also written works with the same title, alluding to either or both of these essays.

The Problems of Philosophy is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects …