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BERTAND RUSSELL TO TALK IN NEW LECTURE HALL TODAY

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"The Philosophy of Physics" is the subject of a lecture to be given in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 4 o'colck, by Bertrand Russell noted Philosopher.

Russell maintains the theory that it is through scientific method only that man can arrive at a true knowledge of himself and the world.

In collaboration with Professor A. N. Whitehead, now of Harvard, under whom he studied mathematics at Cambridge University, England, Russell wrote the "Principia Mathematics", a work advancing the proposition that logic and mathematics, can be united into a single science.

Since the war Russell has turned his attention largely to questions of social nature. His writings are noted for their clarity, ready wit, and the power to reach promptly the philosophical issue.

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