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football team, where he was for many years a season ticket holder. For an academic, Ayer was an unusually well-connected figure in his time, with close links to 'high society' and the establishment. Presiding over Oxford high-tables, he is often described as charming, but could also be intimidating.
2014:"I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a deity intelligible; and to the extent that they have made it intelligible, they have given us no reason to think that anything answers to it." Ayer, A.J. (1966). "What I Believe,"
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from 1946 until 1959, during which time he started to appear on radio and television. He was an extrovert and social mixer who liked dancing and attending clubs in London and New York. He was also obsessed with sport: he had played rugby for Eton, and was a noted cricketer and a keen supporter of
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The presence of an ethical symbol in a proposition adds nothing to its factual content. Thus if I say to someone, "You acted wrongly in stealing that money," I am not stating anything more than if I had simply said, "You stole that money." In adding that this action is wrong I am not making any
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after his heart stopped for four minutes as he choked on smoked salmon. Of the experience, he first said that it "slightly weakened my conviction that my genuine death ... will be the end of me, though I continue to hope that it will be." A few weeks later, he revised this, saying, "what I
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and is widely read in philosophy courses around the world. In it, Ayer also proposes that the distinction between a conscious man and an unconscious machine resolves itself into a distinction between "different types of perceptible behaviour", an argument that anticipates the
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or "metaphysical" (i.e. meaningless, or "literally senseless"). He started to work on the book at the age of 23 and it was published when he was 26. Ayer's philosophical ideas were deeply influenced by those of the Vienna Circle and
448:. At Eton Ayer first became known for his characteristic bravado and precocity. Though primarily interested in his intellectual pursuits, he was very keen on sports, particularly rugby, and reputedly played the
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He focuses on propositions of the first class—moral judgements—saying that those of the second class belong to science, those of the third are mere commands, and those of the fourth (which are considered
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2297:
2099:
1992:The New Skepticism: Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge
1735:
1611:
1503:
1452:
796:, in particular through his presentation of it in
2813:Appearance on Desert Island Discs - 3 August 1984
739:Between 1945 and 1947, together with Russell and
328:. From 1933 to 1940 he lectured on philosophy at
6490:
2512:a detailed listing of Ayer's philosophical works
457:at the school. He won a classics scholarship to
2166:. American Humanist Association. Archived from
2097:
1344:(The Library of Living Philosophers Volume XXI)
776:, a post he held until 1970. In 1968 he edited
616:", to which Ayer replied, "And I am the former
478:, in 1936. This first exposition in English of
6574:British Special Operations Executive personnel
6075:Fourth Great Debate in international relations
2304:. New York : Vintage Books. p. 228.
2072:
1902:Can There Be Life After Life? Ask the Atheist!
1711:(Supplement). 27 September 1940. p. 5776.
760:movement. He was an Honorary Associate of the
409:car company in France; his father was a Swiss
6027:
5564:
4709:
4061:
2977:
2569:of Ayer's writings compiled by Guida Crowley.
1878:. Reprinted as "The Undiscovered Country" in
1682:
1586:
1584:
1441:
756:Ayer was closely associated with the British
680:by debating religion with the Jesuit scholar
6454:
6064:
6054:
6044:
5760:
2712:
2624:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
2091:
1683:Norton-Taylor, Richard (21 September 2010).
1435:Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
1115:"Has Austin Refuted the Sense-Datum Theory?"
524:After the war, Ayer briefly returned to the
2608:Chapter one and a review by Hilary Spurling
1986:
1609:
1528:
1356:"Bibliography of the writings of A.J. Ayer"
1350:*For more complete publication details see
743:, Ayer contributed a series of articles to
717:) are too concrete for ethical philosophy.
5571:
5557:
5433:Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
4723:
4716:
4702:
4068:
4054:
2984:
2970:
2796:
2385:(Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 1.
1581:
1239:1979, "Replies", in G. F. Macdonald, ed.,
1158:Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage
927:was famously criticised by fellow Oxonian
374:in 1970. He was known for his advocacy of
49:
5978:Relationship between religion and science
2465:
2137:. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
2054:"Ch. VI. Critique of Ethics and Theology"
953:in the London Gazette on 1 January 1970.
6514:20th-century British non-fiction writers
2617:
2375:
2076:"Where are the Hirsts of the 1930s now?"
1994:. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. p. 194.
1899:
1836:. New York: Free Press. pp. 30–32.
1775:
1701:
1339:and Replies in: Lewis Edwin Hahn (ed.),
1100:The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
968:
910:The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
853:Russell and Moore: The Analytic Heritage
847:Ayer wrote two books on the philosopher
792:Ayer is best known for popularising the
6299:The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
3260:
2991:
2900:Professional and academic associations
2621:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2188:
2132:"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A"
1831:
1803:
1771:
1769:
1767:
1765:
1763:
1724:article by Tim Heald, 20–26 August 1977
1447:
1352:"The Philosophical Works of A. J. Ayer"
14:
6739:Presidents of the Aristotelian Society
6599:English people of Dutch-Jewish descent
6559:British people of Dutch-Jewish descent
6554:British Army personnel of World War II
6519:Academics of University College London
6491:
5654:Machian positivism (empirio-criticism)
2721:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
2201:. The Philosophical Society of England
2102:Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain
1733:
1655:
1013:The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
650:
378:, and was the second president of the
6026:
5552:
4697:
4049:
2965:
2703:Graham Macdonald, Alfred Jules Ayer,
2549:Phillips (1991) also includes a 1989
2394:
2392:
2352:
2350:
2243:
2087:from the original on 25 January 2012.
2047:
2045:
1827:
1825:
1799:
1797:
1651:
1649:
1647:
1461:. London: Routledge. pp. 37–39.
1399:
1397:
1395:
1267:Freedom and Morality and Other Essays
1056:, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications.
766:American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2589:, Vol. 104 (1), May, pp. 10–13.
2436:The Meaning of Life and Other Essays
2324:
2295:
2124:
2051:
1808:. New York: Free Press. p. 28.
1760:
1590:
1312:The Meaning of Life and Other Essays
2706:Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2680:Ayer's Philosophy and its Greatness
2474:Revue Internationale de Philosophie
2329:The central questions of philosophy
2325:Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules) (1974).
2300:Philosophy in the twentieth century
2296:Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules) (1984).
2106:. Oxford University Press. p.
2073:Buckman, David (13 November 1998).
1944:"City of Westminster green plaques"
1409:Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
1258:Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
1210:The Central Questions of Philosophy
891:The Central Questions of Philosophy
876:Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
831:essential reading on the tenets of
24:
5931:Nomothetic–idiographic distinction
2759:"Frege, Russell, and Modern Logic"
2694:Proceedings of the British Academy
2645:
2389:
2347:
2042:
1822:
1794:
1644:
1572:Proceedings of the British Academy
1508:. London: Routledge. p. 109.
1392:
925:Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
588:, together with the fact that the
25:
6770:
6689:British philosophers of education
6609:20th-century English philosophers
6259:The Logic of Scientific Discovery
6243:Materialism and Empirio-criticism
6099:The Course in Positive Philosophy
2767:interview with Bryan Magee (1987)
2736:
2433:reprinted in Ayer, A. J., (1990)
1900:Lougrhan, Gerry (18 March 2001),
1252:, Oxford: Oxford University Press
949:Ayer was awarded a knighthood as
814:import; otherwise, it is either "
614:heavyweight champion of the world
6714:British philosophers of religion
6699:British philosophers of language
6619:Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford
4075:
4029:
4020:
4019:
2358:"Has Austin Refuted Sense-data?"
2144:from the original on 10 May 2011
912:(1963), Ayer heavily criticised
428:for boys in the seaside town of
280:
6719:British philosophers of science
6684:British philosophers of culture
6674:People educated at Eton College
6604:English people of Swiss descent
6564:British people of Swiss descent
6524:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
6251:History and Class Consciousness
2559:
2543:
2516:
2504:
2459:
2427:
2418:
2369:
2318:
2289:
2237:
2225:
2213:
2182:
2156:
2066:
2021:
2008:
1980:
1971:
1962:
1936:
1913:Ayer, A. J. (15 October 1988).
1907:
1893:
1862:
1850:
1780:
1727:
1715:
1695:
1676:
1306:, London: Secker & Warburg.
1077:"Logical Positivism - A Debate"
532:. He then taught philosophy at
27:English philosopher (1910–1989)
6734:English political philosophers
6629:Fellows of the British Academy
6115:Critical History of Philosophy
5578:
5373:Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
4492:Analytic–synthetic distinction
3232:Analytic–synthetic distinction
2575:
2510:McDonald (1979) also includes
2466:Wolfowicz, Jacqueline (1979).
1868:Ayer, A. J. (28 August 1988).
1742:. London: Hutchinson. p.
1603:
1557:
1522:
1497:
1475:
1423:
956:
701:"Exhortations to moral virtue"
13:
1:
6704:British philosophers of logic
6539:Atheism in the United Kingdom
6323:Knowledge and Human Interests
5659:Rankean historical positivism
5254:Principle of compositionality
2033:Rationalist Press Association
1381:
762:Rationalist Press Association
626:Homosexual Law Reform Society
566:Congress for Cultural Freedom
551:Alberta Constance (Dee) Wells
528:where he became a fellow and
413:financier who worked for the
387:Homosexual Law Reform Society
382:(now known as Humanists UK).
6709:British philosophers of mind
6569:British critics of religions
6441:
6107:A General View of Positivism
5403:Philosophical Investigations
2944:British Humanist Association
2856:Philosophy of Mind and Logic
2804:Works by or about A. J. Ayer
2669:The New York Review of Books
2638:UK public library membership
2029:British Humanist Association
2018:, Vol.81 (8) August, p. 226.
1930:The Philosophy of A. J. Ayer
1915:"POSTSCRIPT TO A POSTMORTEM"
1887:The Philosophy of A. J. Ayer
1870:"What I Saw When I Was Dead"
1618:. London: Vintage. pp.
1386:
1376:List of British philosophers
1337:"Intellectual Autobiography"
1315:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
1142:Metaphysics and Common Sense
939:Metaphysics and Common Sense
923:Ayer's sense-data theory in
774:British Humanist Association
513:). He was commissioned as a
380:British Humanist Association
341:Special Operations Executive
303:, particularly in his books
7:
6759:Wykeham Professors of Logic
6307:Conjectures and Refutations
6139:The Logic of Modern Physics
5956:Deductive-nomological model
5244:Modality (natural language)
4537:Internalism and externalism
2583:"That undiscovered country"
2469:"Review of Part of my Life"
2254:The Philosophical Quarterly
2037:South Place Ethical Society
1591:Pace, Eric (29 June 1989).
1504:Scott-Smith, Giles (2002).
1361:
1346:, Open Court Publishing Co.
1342:The Philosophy of A.J. Ayer
1329:A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays
704:"Actual ethical judgements"
10:
6775:
6744:Presidents of Humanists UK
6724:Philosophers of technology
6679:People from St John's Wood
6267:The Poverty of Historicism
6163:The Universe in a Nutshell
6147:Language, Truth, and Logic
6131:The Analysis of Sensations
5383:Language, Truth, and Logic
5123:Theological noncognitivism
5008:Contrast theory of meaning
5003:Causal theory of reference
4734:Index of language articles
3131:Causal theory of reference
2883:Wykeham Professor of Logic
2356:listed (and reprinted) as
2059:Language, truth, and logic
1738:Iris Murdoch as I knew her
1270:, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
977:Language, Truth, and Logic
881:In 1972–73, Ayer gave the
799:Language, Truth, and Logic
659:(1936), Ayer presents the
618:Wykeham Professor of Logic
486:, made Ayer at age 26 the
482:as newly developed by the
422:Ascham St Vincent's School
385:Ayer was president of the
366:. He was president of the
360:Wykeham Professor of Logic
306:Language, Truth, and Logic
178:University College, London
6534:Aristotelian philosophers
6475:
6423:
6357:
6347:The Rhetoric of Economics
6234:
6173:
6090:
6037:
6033:
6028:Positivist-related debate
6022:
5849:
5818:
5733:
5677:
5621:
5590:
5586:
5523:
5468:Philosophy of information
5455:
5304:
5156:
5068:Mediated reference theory
4993:
4740:
4731:
4663:
4612:
4461:
4368:Evolutionary epistemology
4338:
4083:
4015:
3990:
3952:
3926:
3900:
3872:
3816:
3788:
3725:
3704:
3643:
3601:
3578:
3555:
3457:
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3363:
3307:
3214:
3118:
3068:
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3006:
2999:
2950:
2940:
2932:
2922:
2912:
2904:
2899:
2889:
2880:
2872:
2862:
2851:
2843:
2838:
2831:University College London
2700:(1996), pp. 255–282.
2666:, Basic Books, 449 pp.),
2598:. New York: Grove Press.
2399:UCL Special Collections.
2232:Language, Truth and Logic
2220:Language, Truth and Logic
1483:"Alfred Jules Ayer Facts"
1320:"A Defense of Empiricism"
1297:, New York: Random House.
1126:The Origins of Pragmatism
963:University College London
944:
918:private language argument
863:and a short biography of
829:Language, Truth and Logic
657:Language, Truth and Logic
534:University College London
475:Language, Truth and Logic
356:University College London
256:
235:
201:
191:
162:
141:
131:
121:
117:
106:
96:
80:
57:
48:
34:
6283:Two Dogmas of Empiricism
6000:Structural functionalism
5926:Naturalism in literature
5393:Two Dogmas of Empiricism
4640:Philosophy of perception
4443:Representational realism
4413:Naturalized epistemology
3191:Scientific structuralism
2363:Symposium on J.L. Austin
2191:"Unanswerable Questions"
2189:Schlick, Moritz (1935).
2098:Collini, Stefan (2006).
1174:Probability and Evidence
1062:The Problem of Knowledge
999:"Causation and free will
887:University of St Andrews
787:
559:Sheilah Graham Westbrook
311:The Problem of Knowledge
6694:Philosophers of history
6614:British epistemologists
6410:Willard Van Orman Quine
6123:Idealism and Positivism
5715:Critique of metaphysics
5649:Sociological positivism
5194:Use–mention distinction
5038:Direct reference theory
4620:Outline of epistemology
4453:Transcendental idealism
2553:with Ayer conducted by
2234:, Penguin, 2001, p. 140
2164:"Humanist Manifesto II"
1832:Coleman, Peter (1989).
1804:Coleman, Peter (1989).
622:Social Democratic Party
392:
126:20th-century philosophy
6455:
6424:Concepts in contention
6065:
6055:
6045:
5936:Objectivity in science
5834:Non-Euclidean geometry
5800:Methodological dualism
5761:
5128:Theory of descriptions
5063:Linguistic determinism
4725:Philosophy of language
4567:Problem of other minds
3247:Reflective equilibrium
2854:Grote Professor of the
2781:A.J. Ayer: Out of time
2764:The Great Philosophers
2630:10.1093/ref:odnb/39796
2533:London Review of Books
2449:London Review of Books
2405:UCL Archives Catalogue
2401:"Ayer (Rogers) Papers"
2222:, Penguin, 2001, p. ix
1834:The Liberal Conspiracy
1806:The Liberal Conspiracy
1734:Wilson, A. N. (2003).
1324:Griffiths, A. Phillips
1213:, London: Weidenfeld.
1195:Fontana Modern Masters
794:verification principle
737:
661:verification principle
576:, Ayer fought against
530:Dean of Wadham College
461:. He graduated with a
370:from 1951 to 1952 and
244:Verification principle
210:Philosophy of language
173:Wadham College, Oxford
6754:Welsh Guards officers
6529:Analytic philosophers
6509:20th-century atheists
6331:The Poverty of Theory
5951:Philosophy of science
5840:Uncertainty principle
5239:Mental representation
5174:Linguistic relativity
5058:Inquisitive semantics
4645:Philosophy of science
4625:Faith and rationality
4507:Descriptive knowledge
4378:Feminist epistemology
4318:Nicholas Wolterstorff
3918:Nicholas Wolterstorff
3373:David Malet Armstrong
2713:Foster, John (1985),
2360:in Fann. K.T. (ed.),
2039:." (Ayer 1989, p. 12)
1857:Rogers (1999), p. 344
1662:. New York: Vintage.
1610:Rogers, Ben (2000) .
1529:Rogers, Ben (2000) .
1261:, London: Weidenfeld.
1177:, London: Macmillan.
1161:, London: Macmillan.
1129:, London: Macmillan.
1065:, London: Macmillan.
1016:, London: Macmillan.
969:Selected publications
889:, later published as
726:
722:ethical intuitionists
633:near-death experience
496:Patrick Gordon Walker
459:Christ Church, Oxford
420:Ayer was educated at
330:Christ Church, Oxford
316:Ayer was educated at
228:philosophy of science
169:Christ Church, Oxford
101:Christ Church, Oxford
6549:Bard College faculty
6544:Atheist philosophers
6339:The Scientific Image
6010:Structuration theory
5973:Qualitative research
5874:Criticism of science
5869:Critical rationalism
5805:Problem of induction
5423:Naming and Necessity
5333:De Arte Combinatoria
5132:Definite description
5093:Semantic externalism
4577:Procedural knowledge
4562:Problem of induction
2916:Aristotelian Society
2827:Ayer (Rogers) Papers
2743:"Logical Positivism"
2614:, 24 December 2000.)
2592:Rogers, Ben (1999).
2062:. pp. 103, 106.
2052:Ayer, A. J. (1952).
1875:The Sunday Telegraph
1656:Rogers, Ben (1999).
1578:(1996), pp. 255–282.
1454:"Ayer, Alfred Jules"
1029:Philosophical Essays
934:Sense and Sensibilia
778:The Humanist Outlook
772:as president of the
526:University of Oxford
424:, a former boarding
368:Aristotelian Society
326:University of Vienna
322:University of Oxford
6644:Jewish philosophers
6315:One-Dimensional Man
5763:Geisteswissenschaft
5746:Confirmation holism
5473:Philosophical logic
5463:Analytic philosophy
5269:Sense and reference
5148:Verification theory
5103:Situation semantics
4655:Virtue epistemology
4650:Social epistemology
4630:Formal epistemology
4517:Epistemic injustice
4512:Exploratory thought
4313:Ludwig Wittgenstein
3740:Patricia Churchland
3671:Christine Korsgaard
3557:Logical positivists
3449:Ludwig Wittgenstein
3226:paradox of analysis
2993:Analytic philosophy
2790:Works by A. J. Ayer
2656:"Positive Thinking"
2581:Ayer, A.J. (1989).
1924:The Meaning Of Life
1881:The Meaning Of Life
1535:. London: Vintage.
1405:"Alfred Jules Ayer"
1285:Ludwig Wittgenstein
1229:, London: Collins.
837:analytic philosophy
682:Frederick Copleston
664:He also criticises
651:Philosophical ideas
467:first-class honours
455:corporal punishment
183:New College, Oxford
150:Analytic philosophy
6729:Philosophy writers
6659:Logical positivism
6390:Hans-Georg Gadamer
6191:Alexander Bogdanov
6067:Positivismusstreit
5862:Post-behavioralism
5826:history of science
5678:Principal concepts
5634:Logical positivism
5323:Port-Royal Grammar
5219:Family resemblance
5138:Theory of language
5113:Supposition theory
4308:Timothy Williamson
4098:Augustine of Hippo
3913:William Lane Craig
3631:Friedrich Waismann
3588:Carl Gustav Hempel
3547:Timothy Williamson
3507:Alasdair MacIntyre
3365:Australian realism
3345:Russ Shafer-Landau
3206:Analytical Thomism
3161:Logical positivism
2612:The New York Times
2526:(30 August 1990).
2443:(30 August 1990).
2382:The London Gazette
2170:on 20 October 2012
1708:The London Gazette
1597:The New York Times
1288:, London: Penguin.
1279:, London: Collins.
833:logical empiricism
782:Humanist Manifesto
687:Ayer's version of
604:, Ayer confronted
492:Oxford by-election
480:logical positivism
426:preparatory school
403:continental Europe
301:logical positivism
155:logical positivism
136:Western philosophy
6594:English logicians
6589:English humanists
6484:
6483:
6471:
6470:
6467:
6466:
6365:Theodor W. Adorno
6181:Richard Avenarius
6057:Werturteilsstreit
6018:
6017:
5966:Sense-data theory
5664:Polish positivism
5639:Positivist school
5546:
5545:
5048:Dynamic semantics
4691:
4690:
4557:Privileged access
4193:Søren Kierkegaard
4043:
4042:
4011:
4010:
3727:Pittsburgh School
3717:Peter van Inwagen
3651:Roderick Chisholm
3639:
3638:
3532:Richard Swinburne
3467:G. E. M. Anscombe
3303:
3302:
3201:Analytic theology
3176:Ordinary language
3114:
3113:
2960:
2959:
2951:Succeeded by
2942:President of the
2923:Succeeded by
2914:President of the
2890:Succeeded by
2863:Succeeded by
2839:Academic offices
2690:Alfred Jules Ayer
2636:(Subscription or
2604:978-0-8021-3869-9
2595:A.J. Ayer: A Life
2340:978-0-03-013116-5
2311:978-0-394-71655-8
2117:978-0-19-929105-2
2001:978-0-87975-766-3
1753:978-0-09-174246-1
1629:978-0-09-953681-9
1614:A.J. Ayer: A Life
1568:Alfred Jules Ayer
1542:978-0-09-953681-9
1532:A.J. Ayer: A Life
1515:978-0-415-24445-9
1485:. Your Dictionary
1235:978-0-00-216017-9
1219:978-0-297-76634-6
1183:978-0-333-12756-8
1151:978-0-333-10517-7
993:978-0-14-118604-7
672:(for example, by
574:Hugh Trevor-Roper
539:Tottenham Hotspur
515:second lieutenant
444:, where he was a
415:Rothschild family
397:Ayer was born in
260:
259:
223:theory of meaning
192:Academic advisors
62:Alfred Jules Ayer
18:Alfred Jules Ayer
16:(Redirected from
6766:
6649:Knights Bachelor
6639:Jewish humanists
6584:English atheists
6460:
6446:
6370:Gaston Bachelard
6291:Truth and Method
6275:World Hypotheses
6155:The Two Cultures
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5720:Unity of science
5629:Legal positivism
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6436:Objectivity
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6395:Thomas Kuhn
6375:Mario Bunge
6126:(1879–1884)
6061:(1909–1959)
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5775:Historicism
5690:Demarcation
5685:Consilience
5608:Rationalism
5478:Linguistics
5443:Limited Inc
5363:On Denoting
5189:Proposition
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4582:Proposition
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3280:Possibility
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3014:Metaphysics
2908:John Wisdom
2753:Bryan Magee
2658:(review of
2576:Works cited
2377:"No. 44999"
1988:Kurtz, Paul
1927:(1990) and
1884:(1990) and
1722:Radio Times
1703:"No. 34957"
1354:(1979) and
1089:Pap, Arthur
957:Collections
899:metaphysics
855:(1971) and
842:Turing test
820:tautologous
715:meta-ethics
641:York Street
586:West Berlin
364:New College
339:Ayer was a
335:During the
309:(1936) and
6493:Categories
6216:Ernst Mach
6211:Ernst Laas
6186:A. J. Ayer
6174:Proponents
5993:Philosophy
5790:Humanities
5734:Antitheses
5603:Empiricism
5580:Positivism
5538:Discussion
5533:Task Force
5483:Pragmatics
5274:Speech act
5204:Categories
5118:Symbiosism
5073:Nominalism
4985:Watzlawick
4865:Bloomfield
4785:Chrysippus
4683:Discussion
4673:Task Force
4592:Simplicity
4572:Perception
4448:Skepticism
4423:Positivism
4398:Infinitism
4363:Empiricism
4218:John Locke
4183:David Hume
4173:Anil Gupta
4168:Paul Grice
4143:John Dewey
4113:A. J. Ayer
3967:John Dupré
3834:Kurt Gödel
3790:Pragmatism
3705:Notre Dame
3696:John Rawls
3565:A. J. Ayer
3502:R. M. Hare
3497:Paul Grice
3409:Arif Ahmed
3196:Sense data
3181:Pragmatism
3055:Linguistic
2948:1966–1969
2920:1951–1952
2887:1959–1978
2860:1944–1959
2818:A. J. Ayer
2640:required.)
2261:(86): 68.
2205:4 November
2083:. London.
1382:References
1193:, London:
903:aesthetics
861:David Hume
825:David Hume
816:analytical
674:Paul Kurtz
666:C. A. Mace
645:Marylebone
606:Mike Tyson
590:Korean War
430:Eastbourne
68:1910-10-29
6664:Logicians
6457:Verstehen
6443:Phronesis
6431:Knowledge
6415:Max Weber
6235:Criticism
5983:Sociology
5921:Modernism
5899:pluralism
5884:anarchism
5780:Historism
5700:Induction
5613:Scientism
5515:Semiotics
5503:Semantics
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5164:Ambiguity
5043:Dramatism
5023:Cratylism
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4770:Aristotle
4750:Confucius
4547:Knowledge
4532:Induction
4482:knowledge
4474:knowledge
3817:Princeton
3616:Hans Hahn
3402:Cambridge
3275:Necessity
3270:Actualism
3141:Emotivism
3106:Predicate
3076:Classical
2551:interview
2486:0048-8143
2275:0031-8094
2174:4 October
1691:. London.
1387:Footnotes
1371:knowledge
1203:186128708
1167:464766212
1135:641463982
1071:557578816
1048:S. Korner
1038:186636305
986:416788667
812:empirical
689:emotivism
517:into the
440:, and at
411:Calvinist
350:Ayer was
6478:Category
5894:nihilism
5889:idealism
5819:Related
5695:Evidence
5528:Category
5488:Rhetoric
5313:Cratylus
5284:Sentence
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4945:Davidson
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4830:Mauthner
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4780:Diodorus
4760:Cratylus
4668:Category
4487:Analysis
4472:A priori
4463:Concepts
4403:Innatism
4340:Theories
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3874:Quietism
3262:Modality
3222:Analysis
3215:Concepts
3186:Quietism
3146:Feminism
3119:Theories
3024:Language
2761:(video)
2745:(video)
2652:Jim Holt
2494:23944125
2148:28 April
2139:Archived
2085:Archived
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2016:Humanist
1990:(1992).
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1551:6782148M
1489:18 April
1451:(1996).
1415:15 April
1369:A priori
1362:See also
1358:(1992).
1294:Voltaire
1118:Synthese
1091:(eds.),
941:(1969).
865:Voltaire
758:humanist
732:—
670:igtheism
376:humanism
372:knighted
320:and the
313:(1956).
6358:Critics
6083:(1990s)
6077:(1980s)
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5295:more...
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4915:Gadamer
4910:Chomsky
4895:Derrida
4885:Russell
4870:Bergson
4855:Tillich
4815:Leibniz
4755:Gorgias
4603:more...
4383:Fideism
4329:more...
3927:Science
3644:Harvard
3290:Realism
3166:Marxism
3081:Deviant
3050:Aretaic
3034:Science
2806:at the
2410:25 June
2283:2218597
1326:(ed.),
1190:Russell
1109:3573935
1050:, ed.,
1022:2028651
885:at the
857:Russell
746:Polemic
407:Citroën
347:agent.
267:Freddie
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6134:(1886)
6118:(1869)
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6102:(1830)
6038:Method
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5842:(1927)
5447:(1988)
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5407:(1953)
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5387:(1936)
5377:(1921)
5367:(1905)
5357:(1732)
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5337:(1666)
5327:(1660)
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4970:Putnam
4920:Kripke
4905:Austin
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4820:Herder
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4497:Belief
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219:ethics
143:School
132:Region
113:(1970)
107:Awards
6450:Truth
5305:Works
5214:Class
4975:Lewis
4965:Quine
4950:Grice
4900:Whorf
4860:Sapir
4845:Frege
4795:Xunzi
4765:Plato
4678:Stubs
4597:Truth
4243:Plato
4035:Index
3069:Logic
3043:Turns
2540:(16).
2498:JSTOR
2490:JSTOR
2456:(16).
2279:JSTOR
2142:(PDF)
2135:(PDF)
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1046:, in
818:" if
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4955:Ryle
4925:Ayer
4850:Boas
2822:IMDb
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2600:ISBN
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2335:ISBN
2306:ISBN
2271:ISSN
2207:2011
2199:XIII
2176:2012
2150:2011
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1956:2011
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1510:ISBN
1491:2015
1463:ISBN
1417:2016
1322:in:
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1199:OCLC
1179:ISBN
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1147:ISBN
1131:OCLC
1105:OCLC
1067:OCLC
1034:OCLC
1018:OCLC
989:ISBN
982:OCLC
580:and
393:Life
343:and
271:Ayer
81:Died
58:Born
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