Carnap and twentieth-century thought : explication as enlightenment / A.W. Carus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carus, A. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970.

Carnap, Rudolf.

Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970--Influence.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

xiv, 346 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Carnap and 20th-century thought

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Born in Germany and later a US citizen, he was a founder of the philosophical movement known as Logical Empiricism. He was strongly influenced by a number of different philosophical traditions (including the legacies of both Kant and Husserl), and also by the German Youth Movement, the First World War (in which he was wounded and decorated) and radical socialism. This book places his central ideas in a broad cultural, political and intellectual context, showing how he synthesised many different currents of thought to achieve a philosophical perspective that remains strikingly relevant today. Its rich account of a philosopher's response to his times will appeal to all who are interested in the development of philosophy in the twentieth century.

Contents:

1 The cultural inheritance 41

2 The intellectual inheritance: positivism and Kantianism 65

3 The grand plan of a 'system of knowledge': science and logic 91

4 Carnap's early neo-Kantianism 109

5 The impact of Russell 139

6 Rational reconstruction 161

7 The impact of Wittgenstein 185

8 The crisis of rational reconstruction, 1929-1930 208

9 Liberation 229

10 Tolerance 252

11 The ideal of explication 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-339) and index.

ISBN:

9780521862271

0521862272

OCLC:

154706387