THE LOGICAL SYNTAX OF LANGUAGE. A Volume in International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.

by Rudolf Carnap

1937. No Edition Remarks. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Foxing to text-block edge through prelims is notably heavier. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Board corners are bumped.

Genres: Philosophy, Linguistics, Logic, Language, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

Rudolf Carnap, a German-born philosopher and naturalized U.S. citizen, was a leading exponent of logical positivism and was one of the major philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of science, philosophy of language, the theory of probability, inductive logic and modal logic. He rejected metaphysics as meaningless because metaphysical statements cannot be proved or disproved by experience. He asserted that many philosophical problems are indeed pseudo-problems, the outcome of a misuse of language.

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Reviews

[David Menčik · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a book of mathematical logic, the book is written in easy to be read manner even when speaking about the most abstract topics such as the difference between formal logic and other philosophy concerning the syntaxical composition of sentences.

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating. I'm almost convinced.