Bertrand Russell – Philosopher and Activist | Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy

Good choice Sir ❤

Very informative content ❤

Sir,plz elaborate Karl Marx,s surpluse value..

Please do talks on Nitsche, John Lak, Neil Postman, Decart, George Orwell, Will Durant, Yuwal Noah Harari and other philosophers also. Thankyou for providing such great programs

plz hold a session reagarding existential philosophy of sartre and nietzsche

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Thanks you Dr. Hoodbhoy for doing what you do to spread knowledge in the middle of this circus called Pakistan.

Interesting session. Thank you!

Pakistani's seem to be appreciating pacifism because of the name of Bertrand Russell.
We ( Indians) and Pakistani's have produced another philosopher who has guided the field in last 100 years. Mathematics has its origin in India ( including Pakistan) but Pakistanis seem to be refusing to acknowledge their ancestors.
I have huge regards for Parvez Hoodbhoy. But Pakistanis refusal to acknowledge the knowledge that our ancestors created in this land.

Russell was inspired by Buddhism philosophy.

Sir I am from India.I greatly respect what you are doing.Russel was the one who had great influence on me in my childhood.The Indian subcontinent requires many intellectuals of your calibre to better the society.

Whish u all the best

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اب تک کا سب سے اچھا پروگرام ہے۔ برٹرینڈ رسل 20ویں صدی کا سب سے موثر فلسفر تھا۔ اس کے اثرات پوری دنیا پر ہوے۔ جنگ مخالف ایٹمی جنگ مخالف۔ جس چیز کواس نے درست سمجھا اسکی حمایت میں اس نےکی۔ برطانیہ کی جنگ میں شمولیت کے خلاف اس نے مزاہمت کی۔ ویتنام کی جنگ میں کیے گیے جنگی جراہم پر اس نے ٹریبینل قاہیم کیا اور برطانیہ اور فرانس اور امریکہ کو جنگی جراہم کا مجرم قرار دیا۔

A Lot of Appreciation for Black Hole.
Would love to see sessions on other Philosophers as well.

English pls Sir.

Love from Gujranwala, sir

There is an AI, can't remember its name at the moment, it created a human face that doesn't exist, nor does it match with any feature of people that ever exists
So it's not all about mixing editing or copying

Bertrand Russell also starred in the Indian film Aman (1967) alongside Rajender Kumar.

All this is educative to know about these western thinkers, but you conveniently forget about a GREAT Muslim thinker of the time from the sub continent.. MULANA MASHRIQI! I think vast majority of Pakistanis have no idea who this guy was , at par with Einstein and Russel ,if not better in certain ways.

Hoodbhoy sir, what a great initiative of making Russel easy yet interesting for the masses. Its a request that we should expand this series to also cover philosophers of own land of the subcontinent. Like MN Roy, Jiddhu Krishnamurti, Chanakya, Ali Abbas Jalalpuri, Mubarak Ali, Bacha Khan, Malik Meraj Khalid, CA Qadir and many more.

A befitting homage to a really great philosopher. Excellent session; enriching lecture interspersed with snippets of wisdom from the great humanitarian prodigy. However, the session elicited a spate of name droppings in the comments section, which did include names of genuine thinkers, but at least one name also came up which is just not in the bracket.

I must say episode on bertrand russell could have been better in terms of content.Paucity of time is understandable but at could have touched upon his views on general principles,a priori knowledge,universals,Induction,realism.

Do on Socrates. We need his teachings so much at this point of time in Pakistan.

Such a treat! Grateful, sir 😊

Never seen such a pretentious and such a false philosopher.

Russel - my love of life

problem in recording

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wasting your time and that of people .....his personal contribution is zero .....just copy and paste

Sir I want to attend this, could u plz provide detail plz..

Russell give me lifetime thrill

Original great.

The person who said he wants to ramble for 5 minutes. I really appreciate your insights and would love to get to know you and learn from you.
Can you share your contact?

"The Black Hole" is one of the very few good things in Pakistan. Thanks a million Dr. Pervez. You're a gem.

Great efforts spread humanity in pakistan

And the student of Wittgenstein, Kripke is known for delving into Natural Theology, shattering the implausible positions held by Russell on the philosophy of religion....

Only the kids asked good questions. The remaining burgers were asking questions which were out of context.

His wife didn't get the ideology of dialectical materialism. She should read it.

It seems you are getting more popular with Indians than with Pakistanis. I am sending you Id Mubarak in advance, sir.

hi I want to study from Mit but i cannot afford it.. help me plz

Please talk on Pakistani philosopher and writer Syed Ali Abbas jalalpuri

Bertrand Russel said muslims indulge in backward thinking which is imposed by a backward religion. He even criticized Christianity. In his book Why I am Not a Christian, he says that “religions are both harmful and untrue.” No wonder Hoodbhoy is impressed with Russel.

As always, many thanks Dr Hoodbhoy. I read ‘ A freeman’s worship’ at the age of 18 and then there was no looking back. Russell touched many lives. A keen watcher from India.

"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false." ~ Bertrand Russell

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
Bertrand Russell

"If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." ~ Noam Chomsky

I would love to watch such a presentation on Carl Sagan.

This man with his rotten thoughts will drag many into that dirty black hole. Shame on you disgraced lot.

The are few Professors of English literature in Pakistan and of those a PhD from Oxford in English Language & literature has been my mentor, he considers Bertrand Russell as best writer of English Language. Although Russell was mathematician by profession and one of most influential of his era however he won a nobel in English Literaure in 1901.

Excellent question from the lady re Bertrand’s opinion about wars. The good Dr couldn’t respond properly. No need to support a philosopher blindly. It’s ok that some of his predictions were inaccurate.