Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Pierre Wagner

      Pages 1-49

3. The Route to The Logical Syntax of Language

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Carnap’s Logical Syntax in the Context of the Vienna Circle

      • Thomas Uebel

      Pages 53-78

   3. From Wittgenstein’s Prison to the Boundless Ocean: Carnap’s Dream of Logical Syntax

      • A. W. Carus, Steve Awodey

      Pages 79-106

4. Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Carnap’s Syntax Programme and the Philosophy of Mathematics

      • Warren Goldfarb

      Pages 109-120

   3. Carnap on Logical Consequence for Languages I and II

      • Philippe de Rouilhan

      Pages 121-146

   4. Carnap’s Criterion of Logicality

      • Denis Bonnay

      Pages 147-164

5. Carnap’s Philosophical Programme and Traditional Philosophy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Logical Syntax, Quasi-Syntax, and Philosophy

      • Jacques Bouveresse

      Pages 167-183

   3. The Analysis of Philosophy in Logical Syntax: Carnap’s Critique and His Attempt at a Reconstruction

      • Pierre Wagner

      Pages 184-202

   4. The Gentle Strength of Tolerance: The Logical Syntax of Language and Carnap’s Philosophical Programme

      • Richard Creath

      Pages 203-214

6. Carnap, Empiricism, and the Principle of Tolerance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. From Tolerance to Reciprocal Containment

      • Thomas Ricketts

      Pages 217-235

   3. Tolerance, Intuition, and Empiricism

      • Michael Friedman

      Pages 236-249

7. Back Matter

   Pages 250-270

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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.

• analytical philosophy
• logic
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• philosophy
• Syntax

• Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne IHPST, France

  Pierre Wagner

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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