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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Rudolf Carnap papers
Creator:
Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1029
Physical Description:
32.0 linear feet
(64 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1920-1968
Abstract: Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) was born in Germany. He was one of the developers of theories of symbolic logic (1920s-1930s), a
leader in the field of logical empiricism and the first to apply mathematical logic to scientific language. The collection
consists of correspondence, audio tapes of lectures, notebooks, literary manuscripts (some unpublished), corrected galleys,
books, and periodicals.
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[Identification of item], Rudolf Carnap Papers (Collection 1029). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Gift of Rudolf Carnap, 1968.
- Gift of UCLA Department of Philosophy, 1993.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
997095813606533
Carnap was born May 1891 in Germany; Ph.D, University of Jena (Germany), 1921; instructor in philosophy, University of Vienna,
1926-31; professor, German University, Prague, 1931-35; professor, University of Chicago, 1936-52; was at the Institute for
Advanced Study, Princeton, 1952-54; professor, UCLA, 1954-62; appointed research philosopher, UCLA, 1962-70; one of the developers
of theories of symbolic logic in 1920s and 1930s; a leader in the field of logical empiricism, he was first to apply mathematical
logic to scientific language; his book, Meaning and Necessity (1947) was a pioneering work in the study of language and logic;
member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; died September 14, 1970.
Collection consists of correspondence, audio tapes of lectures, notebooks, literary manuscripts (some unpublished), corrected
galleys, books, and periodicals.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-11).
- Taped lectures on philosophy, Russian lessons (Boxes 12-13).
- 1993 addition (Boxes 13-21).
- Articles by author (Boxes 22-64).
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Philosophers -- Archives.
Online resources.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty -- Archives
Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970--Archives.