Rudolf Carnap Early Writings

Author : A. W. Carus,Michael Friedman,Wolfgang Kienzler,Alan Richardson,Sven Schlotter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191065262

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Rudolf Carnap: Early Writings by A. W. Carus,Michael Friedman,Wolfgang Kienzler,Alan Richardson,Sven Schlotter Pdf

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is generally acknowledged to have been one of the central figures of twentieth-century philosophy. He was the leading philosopher of the Vienna Circle, a group that was central to the international movement known as logical empiricism, which pursued the goal of making philosophy scientific and eliminating metaphysics that went beyond the limits of what humans can coherently comprehend. Carnap was not only well-versed in this area of thought but also contrary ideas; he interacted philosophically with Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger, and in his formative years he was influenced by the positivists Mach and Ostwald, neo-Kantians such as Cassirer and Natorp, and Husserl's phenomenology. Interest in logical empiricism waned in the decades following Carnap's death but was revived towards the end of the twentieth century; the wave of new scholarship that resulted identified Carnap as far more subtle and interesting than was previously understood. The complete fourteen-volume edition of Carnap's published writings builds upon these more recent interpretations of his philosophy. This first book contains Carnap's early publications up until 1928, none of which have previously been translated from their original German. The introduction and notes place the text in the relevant scientific and historical contexts, in addition to explaining obscure references or outdated notation and terminology. Carnap's neo-Kantian origins are more obvious in these works than in his later writings, and the overall figure which emerges from this volume is a very different Carnap to the caricature that many philosophers will know.

Author : Rudolf Carnap,A. W. Carus,Steve Awodey,Richard Zach
Publisher : Open Court Publishing Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Philosophy, American
ISBN : 0812696654

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Early Writings by Rudolf Carnap,A. W. Carus,Steve Awodey,Richard Zach Pdf

Author : Rudolf Carnap,Andre W. Carus,Steve Awodey,Richard Zach
Publisher : Open Court Publishing Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy, American
ISBN : 0812696662

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Early Writings by Rudolf Carnap,Andre W. Carus,Steve Awodey,Richard Zach Pdf

Author : Alan W. Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521430081

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Carnap's Construction of the World by Alan W. Richardson Pdf

This book is a major contribution to the history of analytic philosophy in general and of logical positivism in particular. It provides the first detailed and comprehensive study of Rudolf Carnap, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy. The focus of the book is Carnap's first major work: Der logische Aufbau der Welt (The Logical Structure of the World). It reveals tensions within the context of German epistemology and philosophy of science in the early twentieth century. Alan Richardson argues that Carnap's move to philosophy of science in the 1930s was largely an attempt to dissolve the tension in his early epistemology. This book fills a significant gap in the literature on the history of twentieth-century philosophy. It will be of particular importance to historians of analytic philosophy, philosophers of science, and historians of science.

Author : Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486140865

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Rudolf Carnap Pdf

Stimulating, thought-provoking text by one of the 20th century's most creative philosophers makes accessible such topics as probability, measurement and quantitative language, causality and determinism, theoretical laws and concepts, more.

Author : Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486143491

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Introduction to Symbolic Logic and Its Applications by Rudolf Carnap Pdf

Clear, comprehensive, and rigorous treatment develops the subject from elementary concepts to the construction and analysis of relatively complex logical languages. Hundreds of problems, examples, and exercises. 1958 edition.

Author : Paul Arthur Schilpp
Publisher : La Salle, Ill. : Open Court ; London : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B3356339

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The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap by Paul Arthur Schilpp Pdf

Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on Rudolf Carnap.

Author : W. V. Quine,Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520909828

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Dear Carnap, Dear Van by W. V. Quine,Rudolf Carnap Pdf

Rudolf Carnap and W. V. Quine, two of the twentieth century's most important philosophers, corresponded at length—and over a long period of time—on matters personal, professional, and philosophical. Their friendship encompassed issues and disagreements that go to the heart of contemporary philosophic discussions. Carnap (1891-1970) was a founder and leader of the logical positivist school. The younger Quine (1908-) began as his staunch admirer but diverged from him increasingly over questions in the analysis of meaning and the justification of belief. That they remained close, relishing their differences through years of correspondence, shows their stature both as thinkers and as friends. The letters are presented here, in full, for the first time. The substantial introduction by Richard Creath offers a lively overview of Carnap's and Quine's careers and backgrounds, allowing the nonspecialist to see their writings in historical and intellectual perspective. Creath also provides a judicious analysis of the philosophical divide between them, showing how deep the issues cut into the discipline, and how to a large extent they remain unresolved.

Author : R CREATH
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400739291

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Rudolf Carnap and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism by R CREATH Pdf

This Institute's Yearbook for the most part, documents its recent activities and provides a forum for the discussion of exact philosophy, logical and empirical investigations, and analysis of language. This volume holds a collection of papers on various aspects of the work of Rudolf Carnap by an international group of distinguished scholars.​

Author : Sebastian Lutz,Adam Tamas Tuboly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429771163

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Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences by Sebastian Lutz,Adam Tamas Tuboly Pdf

This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth the logical empiricists’ philosophy of physics and to present and analyze the logical empiricists’ various and occasionally contrary ideas about the physical sciences and their philosophical relevance. These original chapters discuss these developments in their original contexts and social and institutional environments, thus showing the various fruitful conceptions and philosophies behind the history of 20th-century philosophy of science. Logical Empiricism and the Natural Sciences is divided into three thematic sections. Part I surveys the influences on logical empiricism’s philosophy of science and physics. It features chapters on Maxwell’s role in the worldview of logical empiricism, on Reichenbach’s account of objectivity, on the impact of Poincaré on Neurath’s early views on scientific method, Frank’s exchanges with Einstein about philosophy of physics, and on the forgotten role of Kurt Grelling. Part II focuses on specific physical theories, including Carnap’s and Reichenbach’s positions on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, Reichenbach’s critique of unified field theory, and the logical empiricists’ reactions to quantum mechanics. The third and final group of chapters widens the scope to philosophy of science and physics in general. It includes contributions on von Mises’ frequentism; Frank’s account of concept formation and confirmation; and the interrelations between Nagel’s, Feigl’s, and Hempel’s versions of logical empiricism. This book offers a comprehensive account of the logical empiricists’ philosophy of physics. It is a valuable resource for researchers interested in the history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, and the history of analytic philosophy.

Author : Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520324701

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Two Essays on Entropy by Rudolf Carnap Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Author : Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136654299

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The Unity of Science by Rudolf Carnap Pdf

As a leading member of the Vienna Circle, Rudolph Carnap's aim was to bring about a "unified science" by applying a method of logical analysis to the empirical data of all the sciences. This work, first published in English in 1934, endeavors to work out a way in which the observation statements required for verification are not private to the observer. The work shows the strong influence of Wittgenstein, Russell, and Frege.

Author : Rudolf Carnap
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Analysis (Philosophy)
ISBN : 0812691539

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The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap by Rudolf Carnap Pdf

The first volume of the Library of Living Philosophers (LLP) appeared in 1939, the brainchild of the late Professor Paul A. Schilpp. Schilpp saw that it would help to eliminate confusion and endless sterile disputes over interpretation if great philosophers could be confronted by their capable philosophical peers and asked to reply. As well as a number of critical essays with the chosen philosopher's replies to each essay, each volume would include an intellectual autobiography and an up-to-date bibliography The LLP series has exceeded even Schilpp's expectations, enabling great philosophers to do more than clarify by extending and elaborating their thoughts. A volume in the Library of Living Philosophers is not merely a commentary on a philosopher's work; it is a critical part of that work.

Author : Professor Guillermo E Rosado Haddock
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781409485544

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The Young Carnap's Unknown Master by Professor Guillermo E Rosado Haddock Pdf

Examining the scholarly interest of the last two decades in the origins of logical empiricism, and especially the roots of Rudolf Carnap’s Der logische Aufbau der Welt (The Logical Structure of the World), Rosado Haddock challenges the received view, according to which that book should be inserted in the empiricist tradition. In The Young Carnap's Unknown Master Rosado Haddock, builds on the interpretations of Aufbau propounded by Verena Mayer and of Carnap's earlier thesis Der Raum propounded by Sahotra Sarkar and offers instead the most detailed and complete argument on behalf of an Husserlian interpretation of both of these early works of Carnap, as well as offering a refutation of the rival Machian, Kantian, Neo-Kantian, and other more eclectic interpretations of the influences on the work of the young Carnap. The book concludes with an assessment of Quine's critique of Carnap's 'analytic-synthetic' distinction and a criticism of the direction that analytic philosophy has taken in following in the footsteps of Quine's views.

Author : A. W. Carus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139467865

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Carnap and Twentieth-Century Thought by A. W. Carus Pdf

Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Born in Germany and later a US citizen, he was a founder of the philosophical movement known as Logical Empiricism. He was strongly influenced by a number of different philosophical traditions (including the legacies of both Kant and Husserl), and also by the German Youth Movement, the First World War (in which he was wounded and decorated), and radical socialism. This book places his central ideas in a broad cultural, political and intellectual context, showing how he synthesised many different currents of thought to achieve a philosophical perspective that remains strikingly relevant in the twenty-first century. Its rich account of a philosopher's response to his times will appeal to all who are interested in the development of philosophy in the twentieth century.