Carnap and Twentieth-Century Thought by A. W. Carus - 9780521862271

Name: Carnap and Twentieth-Century Thought by A. W. Carus - 9780521862271
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Carnap and Twentieth-Century ThoughtExplication as Enlightenment\nAuthor(s): A. W. Carus\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521862271, 978-0521862271\nSynopsis\nRudolf Carnap [tel] is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Born in Germany and later a US citizen, he was a founder of the philosophical movement known as Logical Empiricism. He was strongly influenced by a number of different philosophical traditions (including the legacies of both Kant and Husserl), and also by the German Youth Movement, the First World War (in which he was wounded and decorated), and radical socialism. This book places his central ideas in a broad cultural, political and intellectual context, showing how he synthesised many different currents of thought to achieve a philosophical perspective that remains strikingly relevant in the twenty-first century. Its rich account of.