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A. J. Ayer - Wikipedia. Sir Alfred Jules " Freddie " Ayer FBA (/ ɛər / AIR; [2] 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) [3] 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).
May 7, 2005 · A.J. Ayer (1910–1989) was only 24 when he wrote the book that made his philosophical name, Language, Truth, and Logic (hereafter LTL), published in 1936. In it he put forward what were understood to be the major theses of logical positivism, and so established himself as the leading English representative of the movement, Viennese in origin.
A.J. Ayer (born October 29, 1910, London, England—died June 27, 1989, London) was a British philosopher and educator and a leading representative of logical positivism through his widely read work Language, Truth, and Logic (1936).
Ayer explains how the principle of verifiability may be applied to the problems of philosophy. Language, Truth and Logic brought some of the ideas of the Vienna Circle and the logical empiricists to the attention of the English-speaking world.
Sir Alfred Jules Ayer (October 29, 1910 – June 27, 1989), better known as A. J. Ayer (or "Freddie" by his friends), was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).
Language, Truth, and Logic, work by the British philosopher A.J. Ayer, published in 1936, that became a popular manifesto of logical positivism, a philosophical movement that originated in the 1920s in discussions among members of the Vienna Circle, a group of philosophers, scientists, and.
A.J. Ayer - Logical Positivism, Empiricism, Philosophy: At the end of the war, Ayer at last secured an Oxford fellowship. One year later, in 1946, he was appointed Grote Professor of Mental Philosophy at University College, London.
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May 11, 2018 · Alfred Jules Ayer was born in 1910. He was educated at Eton and Oxford University. After his graduation from Oxford, he studied at the University of Vienna, concentrating on the philosophy of Logical Positivism. From 1933 to 1940 he was lecturer in philosophy at Christ Church (College), Oxford.
Oct 2, 2024 · British philosopher, responsible for introducing the principles of logical positivism of the Vienna Circle to British philosophers. He was knighted in 1970. Born in London, Ayer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a pupil of Gilbert Ryle.
Aug 22, 2024 · A.J. Ayer burst like a supernova upon the Anglo-American philosophical world in 1936, with Language, Truth, and Logic, an eloquent manifesto for Logical Positivism which transformed the thinking of a generation.
