Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language

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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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

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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