# Charles Morris an Rudolf Carnap, 6. Mai 1934 Mai 1934

Dear Professor Carnap –

As you can see, we are approaching Prague by degrees. I intend to remain here working in the library for a few weeks – probably until June 15. Then we go to Vienna until about the end of July. I will be in Prague by August 1st, and will remain there until after the CongressI Internationaler Kongress für Philosophie@8. Internationaler Kongress für Philosophie, Prag, 2.-7.IX.1934. It would please me very much to attend the logical positivism meeting and to take some part in it – perhaps in presenting something of present-day pragmatism, perhaps in discussing the way your Viennese group appears to our eyes. We may leave the details until later, but that I am glad to do something is sure.

‘My’ excellent German was in large part due to my German friend in Chicago who corrected and amplified my letters – actually my German is nowhere near as good as your English. Nevertheless I get along fairly well and perhaps by the end of August I can present my brief contribution in German if that seems advisable. 🕮

I am very glad you are to give your lectures in LondonB 1934@Philosophy and Logical Syntax, London, 1935& that your bookB 1937@The Logical Syntax of Language, London, 1937 is to also appear in English. You are kind to send me a copy, and I am asking the Chicago University PressI University of Chicago Press to forward you a copy of my Six Theories of Mind. If you have not already sent your book to America, please send it instead to me in Berlin – if it has already been sent it will be forwarded to me here from Chicago.

We have been here only a week and I have not yet attempted to make many personal connections. I am sorry that HempelP Hempel, Carl Gustav, 1905–1997, dt.-am. Philosoph, verh. mit Eva Hempel, ab 1947 mit Diane Hempel is not here. DubislavP Dubislav, Walter, 1895–1937, dt. Philosoph I will look up soon. My main interest at present is in the Staatsbibliotekkorrigieren?I. I look forward with pleasure to meeting you and your group. Someday I hope you can pay us a visit (with lectures) in America, and especially at Chicago UniversityI University of Chicago, Chicago IL. You will find genuine interest in your work. When I left New York DeweyP Dewey, John, 1859–1952, am. Philosoph was reading with great care your Philosophy of ScienceI Philosophy of Science, Zeitschrift articleB 1934@„On the Character of Philosophic Problems“, Philosophy of Science 1 (1), 1934, 5–19. I trust you have seen Lewis’P Lewis, Clarence Irving, 1883–1964, am. Philosoph articleB dealing with your views in the recent Philosophical ReviewI– I hope to discuss this with you.

Cordially
Charles W Morris

Brief, hsl., 2 Seiten, RC 029-04-21; Briefkopf: fac simile hsl. May  6, 1934  /  Hegel-Haus  /  Am Kupfergraben 4a  /  Berlin N.24.

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