From the Philosophical remarks to The unity of science

Authors

  • David Stern

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v5i10.19025

    Keywords:

    Ludwig Wittgenstein. Rudolf Carnap. Friedrich Waismann. Fisicalismo. História da filosofia analítica.

    Abstract

    In the summer of 1932, Wittgenstein alleged that a recently published paper of Carnap’s, “Physicalistic Language as the Universal Language of Science” made extensive and unacknowledged use of Wittgenstein’s own ideas. In a letter to Schlick he complained that he would “soon be in a situation where my own work shall be considered merely as a reheated version or plagiarism of Carnap’s.” In this paper, I look at the relationship between Carnap’s paper, subsequently reprinted as The Unity of Science, and Wittgenstein’s discussion of related topics in the first seven chapters of the Philosophical Remarks and other writing from 1929-1932.

    Author Biography

    • David Stern
      Professor, University of Iowa.

    Published

    2013-07-01

    Issue

    Section

    Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics

    How to Cite

    Stern, D. (2013). From the Philosophical remarks to The unity of science. Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v5i10.19025