Carnap

[kahr-nap]

noun

1. Rudolf P., 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.

Carnap

/ ˈkɑːnæp /

noun

1. Rudolf. 1891–1970, US logical positivist philosopher, born in Germany: attempted to construct a formal language for the empirical sciences that would eliminate ambiguity

Example Sentences

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Frank was part of the Vienna Circle, a hugely influential group of scientists and philosophers that also included philosopher Rudolf Carnap and mathematician Kurt Gödel.

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On the other hand, philosophy of science has advanced since Carnap, Popper and Kuhn, recognizing that the way science effectively works is richer and more subtle than the way it was portrayed in the analysis of these thinkers.

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Another $222,000 came from Carnap L.L.C., which is listed at Mr. Napolitano’s home address.

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Schlick and Hahn and Carnap proclaimed, instead, that all our beliefs should be testable and verified, a philosophical theory that became known as “logical positivism.”

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The central members of the Vienna Circle were physicist and philosopher Moritz Schlick, mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn, philosopher Rudolf Carnap, and social scientist and philosopher Otto Neurath.

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