Rudolf Carnap

Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
	Carnap in 1930
Born	Paul Rudolf Carnap; 18 May 1891; Ronsdorf, Lennep, Düsseldorf, Rhine, Prussia, German Empire
Died	14 September 1970 (aged 79); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Political party	USPD (1918 – early 1920s)
Education
Education	University of Jena (B.A., 1914; Ph.D., 1921); University of Freiburg (audit student, 1911–12); University of Berlin (graduate research, 1917–18); University of Vienna (Dr. phil. hab., 1926)
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 advisors	Karl Baedeker; Gottlob Frege; Heinrich Rickert
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic; Vienna Circle; Logical positivism; Logical atomism; Logical behaviorism; Formalism; Nominalism
Institutions	University of Vienna; German University in Prague; University of Chicago; Harvard University; Institute for Advanced Study; UCLA
Doctoral students	David Kaplan; Abner Shimony
Notable students	Yehoshua Bar-Hillel; Carl Gustav Hempel; Peter G. Ossorio; W. V. O. Quine; Rose Rand; Richard Rorty; Herbert A. Simon; Raymond Smullyan
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 ;

Paul Rudolf Carnap (/ˈkɑːrnæp/; German: [ˈkaʁnaːp]; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German philosopher and logician 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.