Carnap and Quine

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Chapter 1 - Carnap and Quine

First Encounters (1932–1936)

from Part I - Carnap, Quine, and Logical Empiricism

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2023

Sander Verhaegh

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Sean Morris

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Sean Morris: Affiliation:
Metropolitan State University of Denver

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This essay examines the very beginning of Carnap and Quine’s philosophical relationship, focusing on Quine’s visit to Europe during the academic year 1932–33, during which he spent five weeks in Prague with Carnap. Verhaegh details what initiated Quine’s trip, the events leading up to his arrival in Prague, and finally the momentous philosophical exchange between Quine and Carnap that began there and that would carry on for the rest of Quine’s career, even after Carnap’s death in 1970.

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Rudolf Carnap W. V. Quine History of Analytic Philosophy Logic Logical Positivism Vienna Circle Empiricism Analytic/Synthetic

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Information: The Philosophical Project of Carnap and Quine , pp. 11 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108664202.003 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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