Synopses & Reviews
Explores the major themes of Carnapâs philosophy and discusses his relationship with the Vienna Circle.
Synopsis
Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is increasingly regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. He was one of the leading figures of the logical empiricist movement associated with the Vienna Circle and a central figure in the analytic tradition more generally. He made major contributions to philosophy of science and philosophy of logic, and, perhaps most importantly, to our understanding of the nature of philosophy as a discipline. In this volume a team of contributors explores the major themes of his philosophy and discusses his relationship with the Vienna Circle and with philosophers such as Frege, Husserl, Russell, and Quine. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Carnap currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Carnap.
Synopsis
'Rudolf Carnap (1891 1970) is increasingly regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this volume a team of contributors explores the major themes of his philosophy and discusses his relationship with the Vienna Circle and with philosophers such as Frege, Husserl, Russell, and Quine.\n
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Synopsis
'Rudolf Carnap is increasingly regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. He made major contributions to philosophy of science and philosophy of logic, and perhaps most importantly, to our understanding of the nature of philosophy as a discipline. In this volume a team of contributors explores the major themes of his philosophy and discusses his relationship with the Vienna Circle and with philosophers such as Frege, Husserl, Russell, and Quine.\n
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About the Author
Richard Creath is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University. He is co-editor with Jane Maienschein of Biology and Epistemology (2000).Michael Friedman is Frederick P. Rehmus Family Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy, Stanford University. He is editor and translator of Kant: Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (2004).
Table of Contents
Preface: Carnapâs posthumous career Richard Creath; Introduction: Carnapâs revolution in philosophy Michael Friedman; 1. Carnapâs intellectual development A. W. Carus; 2. Geometrical leifmotifs in Carnapâs early philosophy Thomas Mormann; 3. Carnap and Frege Gottfried Gabriel; 4. Carnap and Husserl Thomas Ryckman; 5. Carnap, Russell, and the external world Christopher Pincock; 6. The Aufbau and the rejection of metaphysics Michael Friedman; 7. Carnap and the Vienna Circle: rational reconstructionism refined Thomas Uebel; 8. Carnap and modern logic Erich H. Reck; 9. Tolerance and logicism: logical syntax and the philosophy of mathematics Thomas Ricketts; 10. Carnapâs quest for analyticity: the studies in semantics Steve Awodey; 11. Carnap on the rational reconstruction of scientific theories William Demopoulos; 12. Carnap on probability and induction S. L. Zabell; 13. Carnapian pragmatism Alan Richardson; 14. Quineâs challenge to Carnap Richard Creath.