Carnap Brought Home: The View from Jena

Awodey, Steve (Editor)/ Klein, Carsten (Editor)

ISBN 10: 081269550X / ISBN 13: 9780812695502

Published by Open Court Pub Co, 2004

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y edition. 334 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carnap Brought Home: The View from Jena
• Publisher: Open Court Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081269550X
• ISBN 13: 9780812695502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is considered the pioneer of logical positivism, but his work was thought to have been repudiated. Recently he has been undergoing a reappraisal, and this book of essays by leading philosophers, logicians, and art historians attempts to return Carnap to his rightful place. The philosopher’s early days as a utopianist, the root of his thought in neo-Kantianism, his social and political activism – all are explored in these important essays.

Review

"...the book is exceptional in situating Carnap's ideas historically and revealing the diverse influences that shaped his philosophy." -- International Studies in the philosophy of Science, July, 2005

the book is exceptional in situating Carnap's ideas historically and revealing the diverse influences that shaped his philosophy. -- International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, July, 2005