New life for Carnap’s Aufbau?

摘要: Rudolf Carnap’s Der logische Aufbau der Welt (The Logical Structure of the World) is generally conceived as being failed manifesto logical positivism. In this paper we will consider following question: How much can actually be saved? We argue that there an adaptation old system which satisfies many demands original programme. order to defend thesis, have show how a new ‘Aufbau-like’ programme may solve or circumvent problems affected project. particular, are going focus on address well-known difficulties in concerning abstraction, dimensionality, and theoretical terms.