Aufbau and the first Critique; since then, Haack's observation has been underscored by documenting the explicit role of the neo-Kantians in Carnap's early education and intellectual development.² Whether or not Carnap in the Aufbau was at all interested in traditional empiricism, or even strongly influenced by Russell, remains debatable.³ However, a decisive early influence of Kant cannot be persuasively denied. Nevertheless, Kant and the neo-Kantians do not comprise the whole story. An equally important influence on Carnap in Der Raum (his doctoral dissertation), though perhaps slightly less so in the Aufbau, was Husserl.⁴ This paper begins the project of tracing the precise extent and nature of that influence." /> Husserl's role in Carnap's Der Raum - Sarkar Sahotra | sdvig press