The Logical Syntax of Language

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book philosophical work

The Logical Syntax of Language is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1934 work that systematically develops a formal, logical framework for analyzing the structure and rules of scientific languages, helping to found logical empiricism and modern philosophy of language.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to eliminate metaphysics through logical analysis of language ⓘ
to provide a formal framework for scientific languages ⓘ
author Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
centralClaim philosophical problems about language can be reformulated as questions about formal syntactic systems ⓘ
the choice of a linguistic framework is a matter of convention ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
defines logical syntax as the formal study of linguistic rules ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic treatment of metalanguage and formalization of scientific theories ⓘ
foundational work for logical empiricism ⓘ
major contribution to the development of modern philosophy of language ⓘ
influenced Alfred Tarski ⓘ
Carl Hempel ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach ⓘ
Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
surface form: W. V. O. Quine

analytic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hilbert ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
Principia Mathematica ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
introducesConcept formal rules of formation and transformation ⓘ
language frameworks ⓘ
metalanguage and object language distinction ⓘ
principle of tolerance ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
mainTopic formal languages ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
surface form: logical empiricism

logical syntax ⓘ
logical systems ⓘ
metalanguage ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
movement logical positivism ⓘ
surface form: logical empiricism

logical positivism ⓘ
notableConcept syntactic vs semantic approaches to language ⓘ
originalTitle The Logical Syntax of Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Logische Syntax der Sprache
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1934 ⓘ
structure development of formal languages with precise syntactic rules ⓘ
subjectArea logic ⓘ
metalogic ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ

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The Logical Structure of the World → relatedWork → The Logical Syntax of Language ⓘ
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