A new project has been launched at the LMU (University of Munich), funded by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (with the Union of German Academies of Science behind it), to put ALL of Carnap’s writings online, published and unpublished, in critical and comprehensively annoted editions. This is obviously a huge and challenging project, and it has been funded accordingly — assuming the project meets its interim goals, the Academy’s funding is assured through 2050. The project, entitled “Rudolf Carnap Digital,” is attached to the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, where I am based; its principals are my co-author Hannes Leitgeb (who btw won the Leibniz Prize last year!), Stephan Hartmann (also at MCMP), and Eckhart Arnold (Bavarian Academy). Christian Damböck (whose successful track record in Carnap-related projects includes the Carnap diaries, whose first installment I reviewed for the HOPOS Journal) will manage the project. Congratulations to everyone involved — it’s taken years (and lots of work) to get us to this point!
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Updated Carnap entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia
The Carnap entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy had been mildly updated, for the first time since its first publication in 2020. Most people won’t notice a difference, I suspect, though there have been small improvements throughout. The feedback we get about it is pretty positive; at over 100,000 words (with all its supplements), it’s a pretty comprehensive overview, and one of the longest entries in the whole SEP — longer than most introductory books on individual philosophers. Many people seem to find it very useful as a general-purpose first introduction to Carnap (the main entry) as well as a go-to reference on many different aspects of his work (the supplements). And the bibliography is huge.
Since this is the first post on this blog in a couple of years, I should mention that it will now gradually come back to life after this long hibernation. There is a lot to catch up on; I’m not sure exactly where to start, but the first few posts will inevitably be announcements of this sort. Never fear — I’ll get back to the more substantive things that get on people’s nerves before long.
The Stanford Encyclopedia now has a Carnap entry
At close to a hundred thousand words (including all the supplements) I think it sets some sort of record for the Stanford Encyclopedia. Anyway, please have a look and if you notice any mistakes, please let me (or Hannes) know right away (either by e-mail to us or via the comments facility on this site).