Carnap's work opposes which of these philosophical ideas?
Materialism
Pragmatism
Metaphysics
Empiricism
Answer
Metaphysics, the study of the fundamental nature of reality, is opposed by Carnap's work due to his adherence to logical positivism. Logical positivists assert that only statements that can be empirically verified through sense experience or logical proof are meaningful. Metaphysical statements, on the other hand, often deal with abstract concepts that are beyond empirical verification, making them, according to Carnap, devoid of cognitive meaning.
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