!!!Carnap, Rudolf

b. Ronsdorf b. Wuppertal (Germany), May 18, 1891, 
d. Santa Monica (USA), Sept. 14, 1970, philosopher, 1926-1935 
university professor in Vienna and Prague, from 1936 in the USA, with 
M.  Schlick one of the leading figures in the  Vienna Circle. He based 
logic on comprehensive semantics (study of the relationships between 
signs and symbols) and was the first to develop the construction 
theory of notions; continued the empiriocriticism of E.  Mach.

!Works
Der log. Aufbau der Welt, 1928; Einfuehrung in die symbol. 
Logik, 1954; Einfuehrung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaft, 
(German version 1969, English version 1966).

!Literature
R. Cirera, C. and the Vienna Circle, 1994; L. Krauth, Die 
Philosophie C., 1997; T. Mormann, R. C., 2000.



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