On Carnap / C. Wayne Mayhall.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-99).

Concentrates on logical positivism. Rejected metaphysics as meaningless because metaphysical statements cannot be proved or disproved by experience. Asserted that many philosophical problems are psudo-problems, the outcome of a misuse of language. Some fo them can be resolved when one recognizes that they are not expressing matters of fact, but rather concern the choice between different linguistic frameworks. The logical analysis of language becomes the principal instrument in resolving philosophical problems. Asserted the necessity of studying philosophical issues in artificial languages which are governed by the rules of logic and mathematics. He deals with the problems of the meaning of a statement, the different interpretations of probability, the nature of explanation, and the distinctions between analytic and synthetic, a priori and a posteriori, and necessary and contingent statement.