\brief{Rudolf Carnap an W.V.O. Quine, 9. Dezember 1935}{Dezember 1935}

%Prof. Dr. Rudolf Carnap

%Prag XVII

%N. Motol, Pod Homolkou 146

%Prague, Dec. 9, 1935.

\anrede{Dear Quine,}

\haupttext{Thanks for your letter. Your invitation is extremely kind. Perhaps Ina\IN{\ina} will not come to Cambridge this time, but stay in
N.Y.; Mrs. Broadwin\IN{\broadwinfrau} wishes to have her there (we know them from Vienna). In this case I shall dare to come to you without
being afraid to cause you to much trouble.

I do not know whether this letter will reach you before I shall come myself. I shall write once more from the steamer. I
expect to take the earlier train, arriving at 3 p.m. at Boston (South Station). If it will be necessary because of the
Institute in N.Y. to take the second train, I shall inform you, if necessary by telegramme.

Thanks for the fine programme projected. I agree perfectly. I shall like very much to have a discussion with young
people. If possible, I prefer afternoons to evenings for discussion. But sightseeing is perhaps better delayed to the
next time, because now time is so short.
\textkritik{If possible, I prefer afternoons to evenings for discussion.}\fnE{Bleistiftanmerkung am Rand meint wahrscheinlich, den Satz zu streichen. Richard Creath liest es so}

Simultaneously I send you a MS ``Testability and Reduction''\IC{\vortragbaltimore}. I intend to read it at Baltimore in the Meeting\II{\kongressbaltimore}. I should
be very obliged to you if you kindly correct it. And then please let it be retyped at my expense, or at least those pages
on which there are many corrections. Of course it is not necessary to bring it in a fine style; it need only to be
correct and clearly comprehensible. I should not even wish an elegant style, because in German also I prefer a simple
style to an elegant and rhetoric one. It would not even matter if it sounded a little awkward. The MS\IC{\vortragbaltimore} need not be ready
at my arrival, of course. I suppose that it will arrive not much time before myself.

We are in a chaos here, all things come in a store. 41 boxes with books are already away.

I am in a hurry, excuse the mistakes!

I am very happy to see you soon.

With best regards to you and Naomi\IN{\quinefrau}, also from Ina\IN{\ina},}

\grussformel{yours\\
R. Carnap}

\ebericht{Brief, msl., 1 Seite, \href{https://doi.org/10.48666/854858}{WQ}; Briefkopf: gedr. \original{Prof. Dr. Rudolf Carnap \,/\, Prag XVII. \,/\, Pod Homolkou 146}, msl. \original{Prague, Dec.\,9, 1935}.}

\blockade{Transkription folgt Creath-Ausgabe und nimmt Nachfolgendes dazu. Wahrscheinlich 1935, formatiert bei Creath separat, was schon sinnvoll ist. Stehen nicht im direkten Zusammenhang mit Brief vom 9.12.}

\begin{center} \uline{Harvard Summer School 1936.} \end{center}

1. \uline{Elementary Course. Introduction to Philosophy}

The psycho-physical problem and other metaphysical problems. Critical analysis of these problems. The functions of
language. Distinction between cognitive meanings and emotive appeals. Formal and factual (empirical) science. Formal
logic. Logical foundations of mathematics. Epistemological problems of factual sciences. Verification. Induction.
Causality. Physicalism. The unity of science. Logical syntax. Scientific method of philosophizing.

2. \uline{Advanced Course. Logic and Logical Syntax}.

Symbolic logic. Logical foundations of mathematics. Logical syntax. Application of the method of logical syntax to
philosophical problems.

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International Institute of Education,

\uline{New York}

\uline{Single Lectures}:

1. \uline{Scientific Philosophy in Contemporary Europe}.

(Origines. Present tendencies. Chief problems. The 1st International Congress on Scientific Philosophy, Paris 1935.)

2. \uline{Philosophy and Logical Analysis}.

(The stages in the development of scient. philosophy: rejection of speculative metaphysics; rejection of the apriori.
The present task: transformation of the epistemology into logical syntax.)

3. \uline{The Unity of Science}.

(The method of reduction of concepts. Positivism and Physicalism. The unity of science on a physical basis.)

Lecture (1) is rather elementary. For lecture (2) some elementary knowledge of philosophical problems is desirable. For
lecture (3) some knowledge of the simplest elements of logic is desirable but not necessary.

\uline{Lecture Course} (of 3 to 8 lectures, with discussions):

\uline{Logical syntax -- the basis for a scientific philosophy}.

(The method of logical syntax. Language-systems. Formative and transformative rules. The pseudo-object-sentences of
philosophy. Translation of philosophical problems into the syntactical language.)