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Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Pierre Wagner

    1. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne IHPST, France

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Part of the book series: History of Analytic Philosophy (History of Analytic Philosophy)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne IHPST, France

    Pierre Wagner

About the editor

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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