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Alfred Jules Ayer

Born

in in London, England, The United Kingdom

October 29, 1910

Died

June 27, 1989

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Philosophy, Logic, Positivism

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In 1910, Sir Alfred Jules Ayer was born in London into a wealthy family. His father was a Swiss Calvinist and his mother was of Dutch-Jewish ancestry. Ayer attended Eton College and studied philosophy and Greek at Oxford University. From 1946 to 1959, he taught philosophy at University College London. He then became Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. Ayer was knighted in 1970. Included among his many works are The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge (1940), The Problem of Knowledge (1956), The Origins of Pragmatism (1968), Metaphysics and Common Sense (1969), Bertrand Russell (1972) and Hume (1980), about philosopher David Hume. Later in life, Ayer frequently identified himself as an atheist and became active in humani ...more

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	Language, Truth and Logic 3.75 avg rating — 4,293 ratings — published 1936 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hume: A Very Short Introduction 3.15 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1980 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Logical Positivism 3.92 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Problem of Knowledge 3.59 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1956 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Central Questions of Philosophy 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 3.63 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wittgenstein 3.33 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“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.”
― A.J. Ayer

tags: atheism, atheist, belief, intelligible, reason, theists

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“... when one buys a pair of shoes, one is buying three things, the right shoe, the left shoe and the pair.”
― Alfred Jules Ayer, Bertrand Russell

tags: theory-of-ypes

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“To predict tomorrow's weather, I need not take into account the state of mind of the Emperor of Manchukuo.”
― A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic

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