Rudolf Carnap

Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
	Rudolf Carnap, 1935, by Francis Schmidt
Born	18 May 1891; Ronsdorf, Lennep, Düsseldorf, Rhine, Prussia, German Empire
Died	14 September 1970 (aged 79); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Education	University of Jena (B.A., 1914; PhD, 1921); University of Freiburg (audit student, 1911–12); University of Berlin (graduate research, 1917–18); University of Vienna (Dr. phil. hab., 1926)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic; Nominalism; Vienna Circle; Logical positivism; Logical atomism; Logical behaviorism; Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics
Institutions	University of Vienna; University of Chicago; Institute for Advanced Study; UCLA
Theses	Der Raum: Ein Beitrag zur Wissenschaftslehre (Space: A Contribution to the Theory of Science) (1921); Der logische Aufbau der Welt (The Logical Structure of the World) (1926);
Doctoral advisor	Bruno Bauch (Ph.D. advisor); Moritz Schlick (Dr. phil. hab.)
Other academic advisors	Gottlob Frege; Heinrich Rickert
Doctoral students	Abner Shimony; David Kaplan
Other notable students	Carl Gustav Hempel; Peter G. Ossorio; Herbert A. Simon; Raymond Smullyan; Yehoshua Bar-Hillel
Main interests	Logic · Epistemology; Philosophy of science; Semantics
Notable ideas	List Physicalism; Phenomenalism in linguistic terms; Logical behaviorism; Extensionalism; Analytic–synthetic distinction (revised); Internal–external distinction; Confirmationism; Constitution theory; Semantics for modal logic; Inductive logic; Constructed systems; Conceptual schemes; Formal epistemology; Framework-relative constitutive a priori; Intension and extension; Functor; Beobachtungssatz (observational statement); Carnap's categoricity (Monomorphie) problem; Forkability theorem (Gabelbarkeitssatz): "every complete axiom system is also categorical (monomorph)"; Logical positivism; Epistemic structural realism; L-true (logically true) statements; Intensional semantics evaluating formulas in state-descriptions; Carnap sentences; Three kinds of space: formal, physical and perceptual; Elimination of metaphysics through logical analysis; Omega-rule; General self-referential lemma; Carnapian (concept) explication; Principle of tolerance; Compatibilism ;

Rudolf Carnap (/ˈkɑːrnæp/; German: [ˈkaʁnaːp]; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German-language 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.

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