Feasibility Study for Carnap Collected Works

卡尔纳普文集可行性研究

• 批准号: 0086581
• 负责人: Richard Creath
• 金额: $ 2.27万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-08-01 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0086581&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Feasibility; Study; Carnap; Collected; Works

SES 00-86581 - Richard Creath (Arizona State University)"Feasibility Study for 'Carnap Collected Works'"Something odd has happened recently in the world of philosophy of science. Just as it seemed that the work of Rudolf Carnap and other logical empiricists was being rescued from near oblivion, the most important and illuminating of Carnap's publications have largely gone out of print. Carnap was an enormously influential mid-twentieth century philosopher of science and logician. Although his work had gone out of fashion by the 1970s, its historical and substantive importance was being recognized anew -- slowly in the 1980s and more strongly in the 90s. Oddly, at the same time virtually all of his major works were going out of print. Thus, they are now unavailable for classroom use, unavailable for younger scholars, and often unavailable in any form (including electronic form) even in research libraries. To remedy this situation Carnap scholars have proposed the publication of a "Carnap Collected Works," to include first all of the published material and second the most important parts of the unpublished work. Until now this goal had seemed impossible. The Carnap family's agent had seemed uncooperative, the copyrights were uncertain, presses were unwilling, and no one was eager to fight all this to undertake the editing of at least 12 to 15 volumes. Within the last year (and in some respects within the last weeks) the situation has changed. The literary advisor to the Carnap family died, and the PI has taken on that role. Many, but not all, of the copyrights have been clarified. A major press has agreed in principle to undertake publication in whatever form or forms seems most appropriate. A small group of prominent scholars has agreed in principle to serve as an editorial board. And the PI has agreed, again in principle, to serve as the general editor. None of this will happen unless feasibility plans (scope, timetable, and budget) for the project can be developed fairly quickly. For this purpose we must explore existing models for collected works projects including, for example, the Goedel papers, the Peirce papers, and the electronic Edison edition. As this short list of examples suggests, we will also explore electronic and web-based publication in order to see what sort of publication makes the most sense. This Small Grant for Exploratory Research supports this exploratory study, designed to lead to a publication plan for the "Carnap Collected Works."

SES 00-86581 -理查德Creath（亚利桑那州立大学）“可行性研究"卡尔纳普收集的作品”最近发生了一些奇怪的事情在世界科学哲学。就像鲁道夫·卡尔纳普和其他逻辑哲学家的作品似乎被从几乎被遗忘的状态中拯救出来一样，卡尔纳普最重要和最具启发性的出版物基本上已经绝版了。卡尔纳普是世纪中期极具影响力的科学哲学家和逻辑学家。虽然他的工作在1970年代已经过时，但其历史和实质性的重要性正在重新得到承认-在1980年代缓慢，在90年代更加强烈。奇怪的是，与此同时，他几乎所有的主要作品都绝版了。因此，它们现在不可用于课堂，不可用于年轻学者，甚至在研究图书馆也经常以任何形式（包括电子形式）提供。为了补救这种情况，卡尔纳普学者建议出版《卡尔纳普文集》，首先包括所有已出版的材料，其次是未出版作品中最重要的部分。到目前为止，这一目标似乎是不可能实现的。 卡尔纳普家族的代理人似乎不合作，版权不确定，出版社不愿意，没有人急于与这一切斗争，以承担至少12到15卷的编辑工作。在过去的一年里（在某些方面，在过去的几周里），情况发生了变化。卡尔纳普家族的文学顾问去世了，PI承担了这个角色。许多，但不是所有的版权都得到了澄清。一家主要的出版社原则上同意以任何形式或认为最适当的形式进行出版。一小群著名学者原则上同意担任编辑委员会。PI原则上同意担任总编辑。除非项目的可行性计划（范围、时间表和预算）能够相当快地制定出来，否则这一切都不会发生。为此目的，我们必须探索现有的模式收集作品的项目，包括，例如，哥德尔文件，皮尔士文件，和电子爱迪生版。正如这个简短的例子清单所表明的那样，我们还将探讨电子和基于网络的出版物，以了解什么样的出版物最有意义。这项探索性研究的小额补助金支持这项探索性研究，旨在制定《卡尔纳普文集》的出版计划。"