Rudolf carnap (1891 – 1970)

Rudolf Carnap 05/18/1891 - 09/14/1970

  • Theory of Space (Der Raum)

    In 1921 Rudolf Carnap had written a dissertation about the Theory of Space from a philosophical standpoint. It was title 'Der Raum" which means space in German. In this dissertation Rudolf Carnap recognizes the difference between formal, intuitive, and physical theories of space.
  • The Logical Structure of the World/Pseudoproblems in Philosophy

    "In 1928, Carnap published The Logical Structure of the World". The book was mainly about empiricism and in this book Carnap developed his theory. In the same year he published "Pseudoproblems in Philosophy". This book went into how pointless some philosophical problems can be.
  • Meaning Postulates

    In 1952, Rudolf Carnap wrote the work called "Meaning Postulates". In this work takes analytic statements and compares them to logical statements. He goes into how these two types of statements could never be equal.
  • Philosophical Foundations of Physics

    This book stayed away from metaphysical speculation to try and mainly focus on logical analyses. The book was made to be used by all focuses of science deeming it a guide to the philosophy of science. It goes into logical consequences of scientific law and initial conditions.
  • Theory of Inductive Logic

    "Carnap was working on the theory of inductive logic when he died on September 14, 1970, at Santa Monica, California." Had Carnap completed his theory we would have insight into what his theory could be.