Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first of a complete edition of the writings of Rudolf Carnap. Translated into English for the first time and supplemented with a detailed introduction, Carnap's early works are contextualised in extensive notes and critically discussed by an international team of scholars who specialize in different aspects of Carnap's thought.
Trade Review...enlightening and useful... * Pierre Wagner, Metascience *
...the editors have done an excellent job firstly, in making all these texts available to English readers for the first time, and secondly, in making them more understandable thanks to their very rich in-depth analysis. This volume enhances the increasing English literature on the early young Carnap... * Flavio Baracco, Institut Wiener Kreis, Phenomenological Reviews *
Table of ContentsForeword Chronology of Carnap's Life Information for the Reader Introduction 1918a: League of Nations - League of States 1921a: Who Forces Laws of Nature to Hold? 1922a: Space: A Contribution to the Theory of Science 1923a: On the Task of Physics and the Application of the Principle of Maximal Simplicity 1924a: Three-Dimensionality of Space and Causality: An Investigation of the Logical Connection Between Two Fictions 1925a: On the Dependence of the Properties of Space on Those of Time 1926a: Physical Concept Formation 1927a: Abstract of Physical Concept Formation Textual Notes
