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Ayer, Sir A. J.

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Ayer, Sir A. J., ( Alfred Jules Ayer) (1910–89,) Wykeham professor of logic in the University of Oxford (1959–78). He is the author of Language, Truth and Logic (1936), which was the first exposition of logical positivism in the English language, The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge (1940), and The Problem of Knowledge (1956). He also published two volumes of autobiography (1940, 1956).

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Ayer, Sir A.J.

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Ayer, Sir A.J. ( Alfred Jules) (1910–89) English philosopher. Building on the ideas of the Vienna Circle of positivists and of George Berkeley, David Hume, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, he introduced logical positivism into British and US philosophy. His works include Language, Truth and Logic (1936) and Philosophy and Language (1960).