Rudolf Carnap Quotes on Knowledge
Rudolf Carnap was a German-born philosopher and a leading figure of the Vienna Circle and of logical empiricism. This page collects quotes attributed to Rudolf Carnap on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Rudolf Carnap:
“In logic, there are no morals. Everyone is at liberty to build his own logic, that is, his own form of language, as he wishes.”
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Attributed to Rudolf Carnap:
“Philosophy is to be replaced by the logic of science, that is to say, by the logical analysis of the concepts and sentences of the sciences.”
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Attributed to Rudolf Carnap:
“Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms.”
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Attributed to Rudolf Carnap:
“Science is the systematized knowledge of universal laws connecting observations.”