The Cambridge Companion to Carnap

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Michael Friedman, Richard Creath
Cambridge University Press, Dec 20, 2007 - Philosophy - 371 pages
Table of Contents The Cambridge Companion to Carnap by Creath, Richard (Editor); Friedman, Michael (Editor) Terms of Use List of contributors p. ix Editors' note p. xii Preface: Carnap's posthumous career Richard Creath p. xiii Introduction: Carnap's revolution in philosophy Michael Friedman p. 1 1 Carnap's intellectual development A.W. Carus p. 19 2 Geometrical leitmotifs in Carnap's early philosophy Thomas Mormann p. 43 3 Carnap and Frege Gottfried Gabriel p. 65 4 Carnap and Husserl Thomas Ryckman p. 81 5 Carnap, Russell, and the external world Christopher Pincock p. 106 6 The Aufbau and the rejection of metaphysics Michael Friedman p. 129 7 Carnap and the Vienna Circle: rational reconstructionism refined Thomas Uebel p. 153 8 Carnap and modern logic Erich H. Reck p. 176 9 Tolerance and logicism: logical syntax and the philosophy of mathematics Thomas Ricketts p. 200 10 Carnap's quest for analyticity: the Studies in Semantics Steve Awodey p. 226 11 Carnap on the rational reconstruction of scientific theories William Demopoulos p. 248 12 Carnap on probability and induction S.L. Zabell p. 273 13 Carnapian pragmatism Alan Richardson p. 295 14 Quine's challenge to Carnap Richard Creath p. 316 Bibliography p. 336 Index p. 362 Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service. Summary The Cambridge Companion to Carnap by Creath, Richard (Editor); Friedman, Michael (Editor) Terms of use Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service.
 

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Michael Friedman is a former music business executive & artist manager who has landed record deals for many prominent artists. Under his own record label, Vibra Cobra Records, he has launched the careers of several rock bands. He lives in Los Angeles, California.