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Profile of philosopher Bertrand Russell who laid the foundation of modern logic and best-known for Principia Mathematica.

Brief biography of Sir Isaac Newton, considered the greatest scientist of all time, famous for "Principia," discovery of gravity, laws of motion, mathematics of calculus.

Philosophy and works of English great thinker Alfred North Whitehead, best known for his ideas on process philosophy.

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Featuring famous great thinkers and movers whose birthday falls on Christmas Day, December 25th. Names include Newton, Clara Barton, Sadat, Ripley and Nobel laureates.

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Russell's paradox came about as a result of his concern with set theory's unrestricted comprehension axiom, and it's an important philosophical concept.