
Great Philosophers: Ayer
Part of the GREAT PHILOSOPHERS series.
A.J. Ayer 1910-1989
Ayer is best remembered for Language, Truth and Logic (1936), which introduced British and American readers to the logical positivism of the Vienna circle. Hanfling shows in this introduction to Ayer''s work how he turned this philosophy into a form of British empiricism in the tradition of Hume.
According to Ayer, philosophy is an activity o...
Part of the GREAT PHILOSOPHERS series.
A.J. Ayer 1910-1989
Ayer is best remembered for Language, Truth and Logic (1936), which introduced British and American readers to the logical positivism of the Vienna circle. Hanfling shows in this introduction to Ayer''s work how he turned this philosophy into a form of British empiricism in the tradition of Hume.
According to Ayer, philosophy is an activity o...