Carnap’s Logical Syntax of Language

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The original German edition of Carnap₂s Logical Syntax of Language was published in 1934, and an augmented English edition appeared in 1937. After that initial interest, for a long time it did not receive the attention it deserved. Only in the 1980s, due to the renewed interest for logical empiricism and the history of analytical philosophy, interest in the logical, philosophical and historical issues raised by Carnap's book was rekindled. To date no monograph or collection dealing systematically with the Logical Syntax "in the round" has been available. The aim of this volume is to provide an introduction to Carnap's book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. It will be of interest not only to Carnap scholars and students reading Carnap specifically but to all those interested in the history of analytical philosophy.--Résumé de l'éditeur.  Read more... Abstract: 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.  Read more... Content: Carnap's Logical syntax in the context of the Vienna Circle / Thomas Uebel -- From Wittgenstein's prison to the boundless ocean : Carnap's dream of logical syntax / Steve Awodey and A.W. Carus -- Carnap's Syntax programme and the philosophy of mathematics / Warren Goldfarb -- Carnap on logical consequence for languages I and II / Philippe de Rouilhan -- Carnap's criterion of logicality / Denis Bonnay -- Logical syntax, quasi-syntax, and philosophy / Jacques Bouveresse -- The analysis of philosophy in Logical syntax : Carnap's critique and his attempt at a reconstruction / Pierre Wagner -- The gentle strength of tolerance : The logical syntax of language and Carnap's philosophical programme / Richard Creath -- From tolerance to reciprocal containment / Thomas Ricketts -- Tolerance, intuition, and empiricism / Michael Friedman.