Carnap's favourite word is "pseudo-"
It's all 'pseudo-' for him. He was the forgery detector.
Heidegger said, causally,
"Nothing noths".
Carnap overeacted: "Nonsense!"
"Scheinprobleme!" -- This was translated as 'pseudo-problem.' In Carnap's cariacture, the philosopher is a pseudosopher (I owe the ref. to this word to Ian Cargan Dengler)
"pseudosophy pretension to wisdom"
"This group of 30 odd '-sophy' and '-sopher' words have in common an etymological derivation from the Greek sophia, meaning 'wisdom'."
"They refer to an odd group of systems of knowledge, esoteric doctrines and other principles, most of which are obsolete or extremely rare, with philosophy being the only major exception."
"Not quite sciences or studies, nor are they isms, they tend to refer to mystical or occult concepts rather than strictly religious or scientific canons of knowledge.
http://phrontistery.50megs.com/wisdom.html
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