Carnap Handbook

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. During his time in Vienna and Prague (1926-1935), he shaped the philosophy of the Vienna Circle and became a key figure in logical empiricism and analytical philosophy when he emigrated to the USA, first at the University of Chicago (until 1952) and then at the University of California in Los Angeles. His work includes writings on logic, philosophy of science and philosophy of language, but also on the philosophy of values. For the first time, this handbook offers a complete overview of Carnap`s life, work and legacy. Unlike the Cambridge Companion to Rudolf Carnap, published in 2007, it is not limited to a small number of key topics, but covers a wide range of subjects in 83 articles by 71 authors. In addition to overview articles on the state of research, the handbook also contains a series of current research reports on the work of the editors and their cooperation partners, many of which have emerged directly from the ongoing FWF project Carnap in Context III P 34887. These aspects of original research cover Carnap`s intellectual biography, from the context of the German youth movement to the Vienna Circle and Carnap`s time in the USA; Carnap`s philosophy of value, his anti-metaphysics, the political aspects of his philosophy as well as Carnap`s structuralism and his references to David Hilbert. The handbook is divided into three parts: Carnap`s intellectual biography, his published and posthumous work, and his impact on contemporary philosophy.