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A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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A. J. Ayer, who died in 1989, was acknowledged as one of Britain's most distinguished philosophers. In this memorial collection of essays leading Western philosophers reflect on Ayer's place in the history of philosophy and explore aspects of his thought and teaching. The volume also includes a posthumous essay by Ayer himself: "A Defence of Empiricism." These essays are undoubtedly a fitting tribute to a major figure, but the collection is not simply retrospective; rather it looks forward to present and future developments in philosophical thought that Ayer's work has stimulated.

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0521422469

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Language, Truth and Logic

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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Language, Truth and Logic

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." — Bertrand Russell First published in 1936, this first full-length presentation in English of the Logical Positivism of Carnap, Neurath, and others has gone through many printings to become a classic of thought and communication. It not only surveys one of the most important areas of modern thought; it also shows the confusion that arises from imperfect understanding of the uses of language. A first-rate antidote for fuzzy thought and muddled writing, this remarkable book has helped philosophers, writers, speakers, teachers, students, and general readers alike. Mr. Ayers sets up specific tests by which you can easily evaluate statements of ideas. You will also learn how to distinguish ideas that cannot be verified by experience — those expressing religious, moral, or aesthetic experience, those expounding theological or metaphysical doctrine, and those dealing with a priori truth. The basic thesis of this work is that philosophy should not squander its energies upon the unknowable, but should perform its proper function in criticism and analysis.

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0486113094

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The Meaning of Life

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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The Meaning of Life

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

Essays and lectures from each portion of the author's career as a philospher cover his views on logical positivism

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Scribner

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0684191954

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9780684191959

Probability and Evidence

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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Probability and Evidence

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

In this new edition of Probability and Evidence, first published in 1972, one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the twentieth century addresses central questions in epistemology and the philosophy of science. Based on Ayer's influential Dewey Lectures of 1970, Probability and Evidence contains revised versions of the lectures and two additional essays. This new edition includes Graham Macdonald's extensive introduction explaining the book's importance and influence in contemporary philosophy.

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Columbia University Press

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0231132743

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A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

A Palgrave Macmillan Archive Collection

By: A. J. Ayer

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Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

A Palgrave Macmillan Archive Collection

By: A. J. Ayer

The British philosopher A.J. Ayer is known for his influence on the development of analytical philosophy, spreading and developing the ideas of logical positivism following his study with the Vienna Circle in the 1920s. Ayer rejected metaphysics and theology as meaningless and emotivist, and argued for what he identified as a "criterion of verifiability" as a test of meaningful statements. In addition to being a creative and rigorous philosopher, the major books included in this collection reveal him to have been a gifted teacher.

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Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

A Palgrave Macmillan Archive Collection

By: A. J. Ayer

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Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

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By: A. J. Ayer

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Freedom and Morality and Other Essays

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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Freedom and Morality and Other Essays

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

This is a representative collection of the work of the late A.J. Ayer, one of the most influential contemporary philosophers. It includes his Whidden lectures on freedom and morality, which were presented at McMaster University in 1983, a previously unpublished essay on J.L. Mackie's Theory of Causal Priority, and seven other essays which cover such topics as references and identity, the causal theory of perception, the prisoner's paradox, self-evidence and certainty, and the history of the Vienna Circle.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198249616

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Probability and Evidence

By: Alfred Jules Ayer

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Language, Truth and Logic

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Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

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By: A. J. Ayer

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Book's by Alfred Jules Ayer

A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

Language, Truth and Logic

Language, Truth and Logic

The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

Probability and Evidence

Probability and Evidence

A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Freedom and Morality and Other Essays

Freedom and Morality and Other Essays

Probability and Evidence

Probability and Evidence

Language, Truth and Logic

Language, Truth and Logic

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

Ayer: Writings on Philosophy

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