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Rudolf Carnap (May 18 1891 – September 14 1970) was a German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism.

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birth date
1891-05-18
birth place
German Empire, Remscheid, Kingdom of Prussia, Düsseldorf (region), Ronsdorf, Rhine Province
death date
1970-09-14
death place
Santa Monica California
era
20th-century philosophy
individualised GND number
118519158
influenced
Kurt Gödel, Willard Van Orman Quine, Nelson Goodman, Thomas Kuhn
influenced by
Bertrand Russell, Gottlob Frege
main interest
Semantics, Philosophy of science, Logic
notableIdea
Logical positivism, Physicalism, Semantics, Phenomenalism, Analytic–synthetic distinction, Paradigm, Constructed language
philosophicalSchool
Analytic philosophy

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