Aj Ayer Language Truth And Logic Summary
Language truth and logic.
Aj ayer language truth and logic summary. Ayer 1 sir alfred ayer was born in 1910 and educated as kings scholar at klein and as a classical scholar at christ church oxford. Other articles where language truth and logic is discussed. He was educated at eton college and the university of. New york speculative truths which would as j.
Language truth and logic is a 1936 book about meaning by the philosopher alfred jules ayer in which the author defines explains and argues for the verification principle of logical positivism sometimes referred to as the criterion of significance or criterion of meaning. Ayers language truth and logic was the first systematic presentation in english of the doctrines of logical positivism. While a student at oxford university ayer spent the academic. Language truth and logic by alfred jules ayer grote professor of the philosophy of mind and logic at university college london dover publications inc.
Its still a first rate work of analytic philosophy though and ought to be read by anyone. 0141186046 ayer rejected metaphysical claims about god the absolute and. Ayer was an english philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism particularly in his books language truth and logic 1936 and the problem of knowledge 1956. Buy language truth and logic by a.
Ayer presents a modified version of logical positivism that he prefers to call logical empiricism however the doctrines particularly their. Available in used condition with free delivery in australia. After spending a short period at the university of. Its an excellent introduction to language truth and logic like the title suggests.
But ayer rejected a good deal of this stuff before his death. Sir alfred jules freddie ayer fba er3 29 october 1910 27 june 19894 usually cited as a. Aj freddie ayer 1936 language truth and logic the principles of logic and mathematics are true simply because we never allow them to be anything else we reject metaphysics and knowledge of a transcendent reality.