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|Brief=a German Philosopher of science and logician, a prominent member of the Vienna Circle.|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.|Summary=[[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 [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 [http://scientowiki.com/Rudolf_Carnap#Criticism Criticism].
