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Rudolf Carnap was a German-born logician, philosopher of science, and university teacher who also served as an Esperantist. Born in Ronsdorf, Wuppertal, in 1891, he held citizenship in the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and the United States. He was educated at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Freiburg, and University of Vienna, where Bruno Bauch served as his doctoral advisor.
Carnap worked in Vienna, Prague, Princeton, and Los Angeles. He was employed by the University of Vienna, Charles University, University of Chicago, and University of California, Los Angeles. His academic influences included Gottlob Frege, Albert Einstein, Ernst Mach, and Immanuel Kant. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
His notable works include *Philosophische grundlegung der mathematik*, *Meaning and necessity*, *Einführung in die symbolische Logik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Anwendungen*, *Notes for symbolic logic*, and *Studies in semantics*. Carnap spoke German, English, and Esperanto, and adhered to atheism. He died in Santa Monica in 1970.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1891
- Died
- 1970
- Works
- 79
Top works
- Philosophische grundlegung der mathematik
- Meaning and necessity
- Einführung in die symbolische Logik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Anwendungen
- Notes for symbolic logic
- Studies in semantics
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1956-11-30
Discography
- Reine Nervensache1981
- Eine Form von Gewalt1982
- Der schwere Mut1983
- Ausnahmezustand1984
- Dein ist mein ganzes Herz1985
- Wunderkinder1986
- Einer für alle1988
- Gute Unterhaltung1989
- Brille1991
- Draufgänger1992
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 16,340x
- [14] Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent
· 1999 · cited 14,071x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,152x
- World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated
· 2006 · cited 9,911x
- The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing
· 2009 · cited 7,147x
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Quotes
- “In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.”
- “The function of logical analysis is to analyse all knowledge, all assertions of science and of everyday life, in order to make clear the sense of each such assertion and the connections between them. One of the principal tasks of the logical analysis of a given proposition is to find out the method of verification for that proposition.”
- “Philosophy is to be replaced by the logic of science -- that is to say, by the logical analysis of the concepts and sentences of the sciences, for the logic of science is nothing other than the logical syntax of the language of science.”
- “According to this view, the sentences of metaphysics are pseudo-sentences which on logical analysis are proved to be either empty phrases or phrases which violate the rules of syntax. Of the so-called philosophical problems, the only questions which have any meaning are those of the logic of science. To share this view is to substitute logical syntax for philosophy.”
- “In order to determine whether or not one sentence is a consequence of another, no reference need be made to the meaning of the sentences. The mere statement of the truth-values is certainly too little; but the statement of the meaning is, on the other hand, too much. It is sufficient that the syntactical design of the sentences be given.”
- “Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Core ideas
Verification principle
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