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Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer FBA (/ ɛər / AIR; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) 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.
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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).
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 mathematicians that met regularly in Vienna to ...
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Sir A. J. Ayer, (born Oct. 29, 1910, London, Eng.—died June 27, 1989, London), British philosopher. He taught at University College London (1946–59) and later at Oxford (1959–78).
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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.
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).
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