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. He made important contributions to logic, the analysis of language, the theory of probability, and the philosophy of science. Additional reading Norman M. Martin's article on Carnap in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. by Paul Edwards, vol. 2 (1967), pp. 2533, gives a lucid survey of Carnap's work and the development of his ideas with extensive bibliography. An especially valuable source is The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap, ed. by P.A. Schilpp (1963). Roger C. Buck and Robert S. Cohen (eds.), PSA 1970: In Memory of Rudolf Carnap (1971), is a large collection of essays on his qualities as a man, a teacher, and a thinker.