This volume's aim is to provide an introduction to Carnap's book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. The book will be of interest not only to Carnap scholars but to all those interested in the history of analytical philosophy.

Series Editor's Preface Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Note on References Introduction; P.Wagner PART I: THE ROUTE TO THE LOGICAL SYNTAX OF LANGUAGE Carnap's Logical Syntax on the Context of the Vienna Circle; T.Uebel From Wittgenstein's Prison to the Boundless Ocean: Carnap's Dream of Logical Syntax; A.W.Carus & S.Awodey PART II: PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC Carnap's Syntax Program and the Philosophy of Mathematics; W.Goldfarb Carnap on Logical Consequence for Languages I and II; Ph.de Rouilhan Carnap's Criterion of Logicality; D.Bonnay PART III: CARNAP'S PHILOSOPHICAL PROGRAMME AND TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHY Logical Syntax, Quasi-Syntax, and Philosophy; J.Bouveresse The Analysis of Philosophy in Logical Syntax : Carnap's Critique and His Attempt at a Reconstruction; P.Wagner The Gentle Strength of Tolerance: The Logical Syntax Of Language and Carnap's Philosophic Program; R.Creath PART IV: CARNAP, EMPIRICISM, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF TOLERANCE From Tolerance to Reciprocal Containment; T.Ricketts Tolerance, Intuition, and Empiricism; M.Friedman Bibliography Index