In this presentation we shall discuss some of the noted philosophical ideas of Bertrand Arthur William Russell (Hereafter, Bertrand Russell). While discussing his ideas on logic and language we shall make an attempt to simplify those without losing their purport. Bertrand Russell is at once a logician, mathematician, philosopher, historian, and social critic. In our presentation we will discuss his two principal works; "On Denoting" and "Descriptions".

Language is not only a tool of our communication, but also helps us in developing our thought and our knowledge of reality. The expression 'knowledge of' presupposes knowledge of something (object). In other words, 'knowledge of' means the reference of an object known. Whenever we talk about knowledge either directly or indirectly we refer to an object. Reference thus becomes possible when we have the knowledge of an object. Sense provides this passage in the context of language usage. The problem Russell deals with does not revolve around the 'sense', but revolves around 'reference' of a sentence. For him, a sentence is meaningful when it refers to an object otherwise it is treated as meaningless, and thereby insignificant. So, in order to have a meaningful sentence, it must have the referent, which implies 'reference' is the sole criterion to obtain the meaningful sentence.

The question of reference is instantiated from the tight-knit association between word and the world. This construes a primal question, "Is it possible to use language to talk about what is not language?". An answer is put forward by Russell, i.e., language has word-world relationship. This asserts that the theory of reference constitutes the theory of meaning. To simplify; sentences are combination of words, where each word stands for a name. The meaning of the word is the object for which it stands for. Thus, language achieves extra linguistic import.