This statement on the Middle East was dated 31 Jan 1970, and was read to an International Conference of Parliamentarians meeting in Cairo on February 3 Feb 1970, the day after Bertrand Russell’s death. His message remains just as relevant today as it was then.
The ideal of critical thinking is a central one in Russell’s philosophy, though this is not yet generally recognized in the literature on critical thinking. For Russell, the ideal is embedded in the fabric of philosophy, science, liberalism (classical, pre-NewSpeak) and rationality, and this paper reconstructs Russell’s account, which is scattered throughout numerous papers and books.
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