CARNAP

Meaning of CARNAP in English

/kahr"nap/ , n.

Rudolf P ., 1891-1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.

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CARNAP — biographical name Rudolf 1891-1970 American (German-born) philosopher
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARNAP — biographical name Rudolf 1891-1970 American (German-born) philosopher
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARNAP — Carnap BrE AmE ˈkɑːn æp AmE \ ˈkɑːrn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CARNAP — Pronunciation: ' kär- ˌ nap Function: biographical name Rudolf 1891-1970 American (Ger.-born) philos.
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CARNAP, RUDOLF — born May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Ger. died Sept. 14, 1970, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. German-born U.S. philosopher. He earned a …
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CARNAP, RUDOLF — born May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Ger. died Sept. 14, 1970, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. German-born U.S. philosopher of Logical Positivism. …
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CARNAP, RUDOLF — born May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Ger. died Sept. 14, 1970, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. German-born U.S. philosopher. He earned a …
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CARNAP, RUDOLF — (1891-1970) Logical positivist; member of the Vienna Circle; propositions of science can be verified by experience; rejected correspondence theory of …
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UNIFIED SCIENCE — or unity-of-science view In the philosophy of logical positivism , the doctrine holding that all sciences share the same language, …
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RUDOLF — I born Aug. 21, 1858, Schloss Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria died Jan. 30, 1889, Schloss Mayerling, near Vienna Archduke and …
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LOGICAL POSITIVISM — Early school of analytic philosophy , inspired by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead , and Ludwig Wittgenstein 's Tractatus …
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ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY — Philosophical tradition that emphasizes the logical analysis of concepts and the study of the language in which they are expressed. …
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METATHEORY — “+ noun Etymology: meta- + theory : a theory concerned with the investigation, analysis, or description of theory itself if …
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UNIFIED SCIENCE — in the philosophy of logical positivism, a doctrine holding that all sciences share the same language, laws, and method or …
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TAUTOLOGY — in logic, a statement so framed that it cannot be denied without inconsistency. Thus, All men are rational is held …
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SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY OF — the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the elements of scientific inquiry and of their validity. Taken broadly as the …
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PROTOCOL SENTENCE — in the philosophy of Logical Positivism, a statement that describes immediate experience or perception and as such is held to …
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OBJECT LANGUAGE — in semantics and logic, the ordinary language used to talk about things or objects in the worldas contrasted with metalanguage, …
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METATHEORY — a theory the subject matter of which is another theory. A finding proved in the former that deals with the …
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METALOGIC — the study and analysis of the semantics (relations between expressions and meanings) and syntax (relations among expressions) of formal languages …
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METALANGUAGE — in semantics and philosophy, language used for the analysis of object language (language that is used to talk about objects …
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MATHEMATICISM — the effort to employ the formal structure and rigorous method of mathematics as a model for the conduct of philosophy. …
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MATERIALISM — in philosophy, the view that all facts (including facts about the human mind and will and the course of human …
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LOGIC, PHILOSOPHY OF — the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the nature and types of logic, including problems in the field and the …
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EPISTEMOLOGY — the study of the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. The name is derived from the Greek words episteme …
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CONSTITUTION THEORY — also called Construction Theory, in the philosophy of Logical Positivism, the view that certain conceptsin particular, scientific onesare in the …
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CATEGORY — in logic, a term used to denote the several most general or highest types of thought forms or entities, or …
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VIENNA CIRCLE — German Wiener Kreis, a group of philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians formed in the 1920s that met regularly in Vienna to …
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SCHLICK, MORITZ — born April 14, 1882, Berlin died June 22, 1936, Vienna German logical empiricist philosopher and a leader of the European …
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QUINE, WILLARD VAN ORMAN — born June 25, 1908, Akron, Ohio, U.S. American logician and philosopher advocating systematic constructivist analysis of philosophy. Although his early …
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POSITIVISM — in philosophy, generally, any system that confines itself to the data of experience and excludes a priori or metaphysical speculations. …
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HEIDEGGER, MARTIN — born Sept. 26, 1889, Messkirch, Schwarzwald, Ger. died May 26, 1976, Messkirch, W.Ger. German philosopher, counted among the main exponents …
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