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Carnap's Construction of the World : The Aufbau and the Emergence of Logical Empiricism by Alan W. Richardson (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521052009
ISBN-139780521052009
eBay Product ID (ePID)64122294
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameCarnap's Construction of the World : the Aufbau and the Emergence of Logical Empiricism
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEpistemology, Individual Philosophers, History & Surveys / Modern, Logic
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlan W. Richardson
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"...an intensive examination of virtually all of Carnap's earlier writings....I believe that the book will therefore be indispensable for all future work on Carnap." Michael Friedman, author of Kant and the Exact Sciences, "Richardson presents a clearly written, carefully researched and well-argued interpretation of Rudolf Carnap's struggle to move beyond the neo-Kantian epistemology in which he was trained." Charles E. Kielkopf, Mathematical Reviews, '... an intensive examination of virtually all of Carnap's earlier writings ... Richardson has very helpfully mined this material, exhibiting a rare combination of historical and philosophical insight. I believe that the book will therefore be indispensable for all future work on Carnap.' Michael Friedman, author of Kant and the Exact Sciences, "Richardson's book is rich in telling detail that will no doubt be debated in scholarly articles...It is an added bonus that Richardson provides good reasons for optimism." The Philosophical Review
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal121
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Reconstructing the Aufbau; 2. The problem of objectivity: an overview of Carnap's constitutional project; 3. An outline of the constitutional projects for objectivity; 4. The background to early Carnap: themes from Kant; 5. The fundamentals of neo-Kantian epistemology; 6. Carnap's neo-Kantian origins: Der Raum; 7. Critical conventionalism; 8. Epistemology between logic and science: the essential tension; 9. After objectivity: logical empiricism as philosophy of science; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThis 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., This book is a major contribution to the history of analytic philosophy. It provides the first detailed and comprehensive study of Rudolf Carnap, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy.
LC Classification NumberB945.C163 L6336 1998
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