Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnapwas a German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. He is considered "one of the giants among twentieth-century philosophers."...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth18 May 1891
CountryGermany
self expression class
The self is the class (not the collection) of the experiences (or autopsychological states). The self does not belong to the expression of the basic experience, but is constructed only on a very high level.
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There is a continuum which starts with direct sensory observations and proceeds to enormously complex, indirect methods of observation.
spirit task work
To work in this spirit would be my task from now on!
tolerance form cautious
Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms.
order facts lows
It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions.
depth surface
In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.
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Anything you can do, I can do meta
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Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability.
science statements verification
Science is a system of statements based on direct experience, and controlled by experimental verification. Verification in science is not, however, of single statements but of the entire system or a sub-system of such statements.
bridges division might
If one is interested in the relations between fields which, according to customary academic divisions, belong to different departments, then he will not be welcomed as a builder of bridges, as he might have expected, but will rather be regarded by both sides as an outsider and troublesome intruder.
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In logic, there are no morals.
philosophy confusion lasts
Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.