Rudolf Carnap, Early Writings Vol. 1

This is the first volume of the Complete Writings of Rudolf Carnap, which brings together the works of a great twentieth-century philosopher whose work has enjoyed renewed interest and increasing influence since the 1990s. Carnap's early writings are translated into English for the first time, supplied here with an introduction and extensive notes which place the text in the relevant scientific and historical contexts. Edited by an international team ofscholars who specialize in different aspects of Carnap's thought, the availability of these texts in English will completely revise the general understanding of this important philosopher and his ideas.