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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell's Slugfester profile includes score averages, opponents faced, topic performance, and linked debate scorecards.

Background

About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a philosopher, logician, and author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work ranged from logic and the foundations of mathematics to ethics, politics, and criticism of religious belief.

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Published debate record

1 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 80/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Bertrand Russell vs Frederick Copleston: Does God Exist? · 1948

Copleston develops contingency, religious-experience, and moral arguments for God; Russell narrowly prevails by exposing modal, evidential, and normative explanatory gaps.

Frederick Copleston: 78 · Bertrand Russell: 80. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.