Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language
Published on 15. April 2009
Book
Hardback
XIII, 270 pages
978-0-230-20151-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume's aim is to provide an introduction to Carnap's 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.
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Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIII, 270 p.
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20151-4 (9780230201514)
DOI
10.1057/9780230235397
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STEVE AWODEY is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
DENIS BONNAY is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University Paris X Nanterre, France
JACQUES BOUVERESSE is Professor at the Collège de France, France
ANDRÉ W. CARUS is the author of numerous papers on Carnap
RICHARD CREATH is Professor, Department of Philosophy and in the School of Life Science and Director Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Arizona State University, USA
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN is Frederick P. Rehmus Family Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University, USA
WARREN GOLDFARB has been on the faculty of the Philosophy Department at Harvard University since 1975
THOMAS RICKETTS is Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, USA
PHILIPPE DE ROUILHAN is 'Directeur de Recherche' at the IHPST (Institut d'histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques), France
THOMAS UEBEL is Professor and Head of Philosophy, University of Manchester, UK
Content
Series Editor's Preface Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Note on References Introduction; P.Wagner PART I: THE ROUTE TO THE LOGICAL SYNTAX OF LANGUAGE Carnap's Logical Syntax on the Context of the Vienna Circle; T.Uebel From Wittgenstein's Prison to the Boundless Ocean: Carnap's Dream of Logical Syntax; A.W.Carus & S.Awodey PART II: PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC Carnap's Syntax Program and the Philosophy of Mathematics; W.Goldfarb Carnap on Logical Consequence for Languages I and II; Ph.de Rouilhan Carnap's Criterion of Logicality; D.Bonnay PART III: CARNAP'S PHILOSOPHICAL PROGRAMME AND TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHY Logical Syntax, Quasi-Syntax, and Philosophy; J.Bouveresse The Analysis of Philosophy in Logical Syntax : Carnap's Critique and His Attempt at a Reconstruction; P.Wagner The Gentle Strength of Tolerance: The Logical Syntax Of Language and Carnap's Philosophic Program; R.Creath PART IV: CARNAP, EMPIRICISM, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF TOLERANCE From Tolerance to Reciprocal Containment; T.Ricketts Tolerance, Intuition, and Empiricism; M.Friedman Bibliography Index