Rudolf Carnap Philosopher

Rudolf Carnap (/ˈkɑrnæp/; German: [ˈkaɐ̯naːp]; May 18, 1891 – September 14, 1970) was a German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism.

Personal facts

Rudolf Carnap
Birth dateMay 18, 1891
Birth place
German Empire , Remscheid , Kingdom of Prussia , Düsseldorf (region) , Ronsdorf , Rhine Province
Date of deathSeptember 14, 1970
Place of death
Santa Monica California
Era
20th-century philosophy
Main interest
Semantics
Philosophy of science
Logic

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Logical positivism
Physicalism
Semantics
Phenomenalism
Analytic–synthetic distinction
Paradigm
Constructed language
philosophical school
Analytic philosophy

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Rudolf Carnap on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=87BcFLgJmxMC&printsec=frontcover
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=Kvw-n1JIXHkC
  3. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead&cc=ascead&rgn=main&view=text&didno=US-PPiU-asp197401
  4. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Carnap
  5. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k38364k.r=.langFR
  6. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k38365x.r=.langFR
  7. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k38367m.r=.langFR
  8. http://luchte.wordpress.com/martin-heidegger-and-rudolf-carnap-radical-phenomenology-logical-positivism-and-the-roots-of-the-continentalanalytic-divide
  9. http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/philosophische_fakultaet/iph/thph/braeuer/lehre/induktion_projektion/CarnapOnInductiveLogic.pdf