Name: The Unity of Science
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ISBN: 9780203806296

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The Unity of Science

Rudolf Carnap

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As a leading member of the Vienna Circle, Rudolph Carnap's aim was to bring about a "unified science" by applying a method of logical analysis to the empirical data of all the sciences. This work, first published in English in 1934, endeavors to work out a way in which the observation statements required for verification are not private to the observer. The work shows the strong influence of Wittgenstein, Russell, and Frege.

GenresPhilosophy

102 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1934

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Rudolf Carnap

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Rudolf Carnap, a German-born philosopher and naturalized U.S. citizen, was a leading exponent of logical positivism and was one of the major philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of science, philosophy of language, the theory of probability, inductive logic and modal logic. He rejected metaphysics as meaningless because metaphysical statements cannot be proved or disproved by experience. He asserted that many philosophical problems are indeed pseudo-problems, the outcome of a misuse of language.

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Illiterate

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March 5, 2025

Carnap uses his version of logical analysis (with protocol statements) to defend physicalism.

Tim Landström

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April 23, 2025

Even though he might have been wrong on some (possibly a lot) of issues, Carnap and his general attitude towards philosophy still holds a special place in my heart.