Rudolf Carnap: Studies in Semantics - The Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap, Volume 7

Volume 7 of the Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap presents Studies in Semantics, which comprises three interlocking books: Introduction to Semantics (1942), Formalization of Logic (1942), and Meaning and Necessity (1947). Along with textual notes, the editors' introduction places Carnap's whole semantic project in its various contexts.

List of contents

• Foreword


• Chronology of Carnap's Life


• Information for the Reader


• Introduction


• 1942a: Introduction to Semantics


• 1943a: Formalization of Logic


• 1947b: Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic


• Textual Notes

About the author

Steve Awodey is Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University and specializes in category theory and logic. He studied philosophy and mathematics at Philips University Marburg, Germany, and the University of Chicago.

Greg Frost-Arnold is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago and received a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science, as well as a master's degree in philosophy, from the University of Pittsburgh. He was one of the founding editors of The Journal of the History of Analytical Philosophy, and is Book Reviews Editor at History of Philosophy of Science.

Summary

Volume 7 of the Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap presents Studies in Semantics, which comprises three interlocking books: Introduction to Semantics (1942), Formalization of Logic (1942), and Meaning and Necessity (1947). Along with textual notes, the editors' introduction places Carnap's whole semantic project in its various contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Steve (Carnegie Mellon University) Frost-A Awodey
• Assisted by: Steve Awodey (Editor), Awodey Steve (Editor), Greg Frost-Arnold (Editor), Frost-Arnold Greg (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9780192894878
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289487-8
• No. of pages: 608
• Series: The Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Philosophy: logic, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc