Feasibility Study for Carnap Collected Works

SES 00-86581-理查德·克里思(亚利桑那州立大学)“卡尔纳普文集”的可行性研究“最近在科学哲学界发生了一件奇怪的事情。就在鲁道夫·卡尔纳普和其他逻辑经验主义者的著作似乎被从近乎被遗忘的境地中拯救出来的时候，卡尔纳普最重要、最有启发性的出版物基本上已经绝版。卡尔纳普是二十世纪中叶极具影响力的科学哲学家和逻辑学家。虽然他的作品在20世纪70年代已经不再流行，但它的历史和实质性意义正在被重新认识--在80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，它们现在不能在课堂上使用，不能供年轻学者使用，而且经常不能以任何形式(包括电子形式)获得，甚至在研究图书馆也是如此。为了纠正这种情况，Carnap的学者们建议出版一本《Carnap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，这个目标似乎是不可能的。卡尔纳普家族的经纪人似乎不合作，版权不确定，出版社不愿意，没有人急于与这一切作斗争，以承担至少12至15卷的编辑工作。在过去的一年里(在某些方面，在过去的几周内)，情况发生了变化。卡尔纳普家族的文学顾问去世了，少年派承担了这一角色。许多但不是所有的版权都得到了澄清。一家主要出版社已原则上同意以任何看起来最合适的形式进行出版。一小群知名学者已原则上同意担任编辑委员会。而且，PI再次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，我们必须为收集的作品项目探索现有的模式，例如，歌德尔文件、皮尔斯文件和爱迪生电子版。正如这一简短的例子所表明的那样，我们还将探索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。这笔探索性研究的小额赠款支持这项探索性研究，旨在为《卡尔纳普作品集》制定出版计划。

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a "Carnap Collected Works," to include first all of the published material and second the most important parts of the unpublished work.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."