This volumes aim is to provide an introduction to Carnaps book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. The book will be of interest not only to Carnap scholars but to all those interested in the history of analytical philosophy.
This volumes aim is to provide an introduction to Carnaps book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. The book will be of interest not only to Carnap scholars but to all those interested in the history of analytical philosophy.
Series Editor's Preface Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Note on References Introduction--P.WagnerPART I: THE ROUTE TO THE LOGICAL SYNTAX OF LANGUAGECarnaps Logical Syntax on the Context of the Vienna Circle--T.UebelFrom Wittgensteins Prison to the Boundless Ocean: Carnaps Dream of Logical Syntax--A.W.Carus&--S.AwodeyPART II: PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC Carnaps Syntax Program and the Philosophy of Mathematics--W.GoldfarbCarnap on Logical Consequence for Languages I and II--P.De RouilhanCarnaps Criterion of Logicality--D.BonnayPART III: CARNAPS PHILOSOPHICAL PROGRAMME AND TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHY Logical Syntax, Quasi-Syntax, and Philosophy--J.BouveresseThe Analysis of Philosophy in Logical Syntax: Carnaps Critique and His Attempt at a Reconstruction--P.WagnerThe Gentle Strength of Tolerance: The Logical Syntax Of Language and Carnaps Philosophic Program--R.CreathPART IV: CARNAP, EMPIRICISM, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF TOLERANCE From Tolerance to Reciprocal Containment--T.RickettsTolerance, Intuition, and Empiricism--M.FriedmanBibliography Index