Oliveira, J.C.P. (2002) Carnap, Revisionism and "Truth and Confirmation". [Preprint]

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Abstract

In recent years, a revisionist process focused on logical positivism can be observed. One aspect of this revisionism -defended by authors like Michael Friedman, John Earman and George Reisch - is the thesis that Carnap's later thought is compatible with that of Kuhn and even that Carnap anticipates some relevant points of Kuhn's theory of science. In this paper I discuss one of Carnap's texts most frequently cited by revisionists in favor of their thesis -"Truth and Confirmation" - trying to put it in the context of Carnap's work. My intention is to analyze revisionist interpretation on the basis of other texts by Carnap and show that revisionists, while assembling their jigsaw puzzle concerning Carnap's work, have inadvertently forgotten to consider some pieces of importance in the formation of a theoretically and historically cogent picture.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Oliveira, J.C.P.
Keywords:	History of Philosophy of Science, Carnap, Kuhn, Revisionism, Logical Positivism, Logical Empiricism
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Depositing User:	J. C. Pinto de Oliveira
Date Deposited:	17 May 2002
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2015 15:09
Item ID:	645
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Date:	May 2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/645

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