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Who influenced Bertrand Russell?

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 29

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein

    Austrian philosopher and logician (1889-1951)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 4

  • David Hume

    Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

    Influenced 20

    Influenced by 4

  • Alfred North Whitehead

    English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 0

  • John Stuart Mill

    British philosopher and political economis (1806–1873)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 0

  • Ernst Mach

    Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 4

  • Gottlob Frege

    German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 1

  • G. E. Moore

    English philosopher (1873–1958)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 0

  • Augustus De Morgan

    British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806–1871)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 1

  • Euclid

    ancient Greek mathematician, inventor of axiomatic geometry

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Georg Cantor

    German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • George Boole

    English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley

    British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 8

  • George Frederick Stout

    British philosopher and psychologist

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 2

  • Alexius Meinong

    Austrian philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • George Santayana

    Spanish-American philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Giuseppe Peano

    Italian mathematician (*1858 – †1932)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

Who was influenced by Bertrand Russell?

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein

    Austrian philosopher and logician (1889-1951)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 4

  • Buckminster Fuller

    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 3

  • Richard Dawkins

    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 11

  • Sidney Hook

    American philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 4

  • Daniel Dennett

    American philosopher (1942–2024)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Normand Baillargeon

    Canadian writer

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • A. J. Ayer

    English philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • C. D. Broad

    English philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • David Chalmers

    Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • E. P. Menon

    peace activist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Gustav Bergmann

    Austrian-American philosopher (1906-1987)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Jawaharlal Nehru

    Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras

    Spanish politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Louis Couturat

    French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Piergiorgio Odifreddi

    Italian mathematician and logician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Stephen Hawking

    British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 7

  • Stephen Neale

    British philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2