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|Summary='''Rudolf Carnap''' (18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German-born philosopher of science and logician. He was a prominent member of the Vienna Circle and a proponent of logical positivism.[[CiteRef::Hempel (2017)]] Logical positivism was an attempt to revive empiricism. It posited that empirical knowledge is structured by analytic statements of mathematics and logic.[[CiteRef::Uebel (2016)]]
Carnap was a highly prolific writer that published numerous works on philosophy of science and semantic logic, including 12 books translated or published in the English language. As a fruitful philosopher, Carnap’s views have evolved and changed throughout his career. In fact, many of the arguments presented in his contributions (link to major contributions) [http://scientowiki.com/Rudolf_Carnap#Major_Contributions Major Contributions] to philosophy of science do not reflect Carnap’s final opinions on the matter. In some instances, the change in point of view, or interpretation, will be provided in Carnap’s response to criticism (link to criticism).
|Historical Context=Rudolf Carnap was educated at University of Jena from 1910 to 1914 in philosophy, mathematics and physics. In 1914, his education was interrupted by WWI due to obligation to serve in the German army. In 1919, Carnap returns to Jena to complete his studies and commence his own independent research in philosophy (11).
