Benson, Arthur J.
Arthur J. Benson papers, 1904-1994 (bulk 1935-1994).
The collection contains some of Arthur Benson's student notes of classes and seminars attended at University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia, and Harvard, as well as some of his term papers submitted during this time, and later professional papers. Several of the student papers include comments by his teachers, many of whom are renowned individuals in the field of philosophy of science, such as Ernest Nagel, Bertrand Russell, C.I. Lewis, and Rudolf Carnap. Various drafts of Benson's complete bibliography of Carnaps works are among Bensons professional papers. The second part of the collection consists of material relating to Rudolf Carnap, such as correspondence between Carnap and Benson, notes and manuscript drafts authored by Carnap, and material related to Carnap's publications, such as translations and posthumous publication work by Benson. Included are also undated black and white photographic prints of Rudolf Carnap in class, probably taken during his time at UCLA, and audio recordings of German radio broadcasts in honor of Carnap's 100th birthday, as well as of speeches from the Carnap memorial gathering in 1971.
Arthur J. Benson, an associate professor of philosophy at California State University at Los Angeles from 1962 to 1992, was first a student and later colleague and friend of Rudolf Carnap. For this reason, he received and maintained material related to Carnaps research and writing. Benson also compiled a well-known, complete bibliography of Carnaps works for the Schilpp volume on Carnap.
Benson, Arthur J.
Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970.
Lewis, Clarence Irving, 1883-1964
Nagel, Ernest.
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
Columbia University
Harvard University.
University of California, Los Angeles
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AIP-ICOS
University of Pittsburgh. Hillman Library. Archives of Scientific Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA