A. J. Ayer

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British philosopher analytic philosopher human philosopher

A. J. Ayer was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for promoting logical positivism in the English-speaking world, especially through his influential book "Language, Truth and Logic."

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almaMater University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-10-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-06-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
education Eton College ⓘ
employer London School of Economics ⓘ
New College, Oxford ⓘ
University College London ⓘ
familyName Ayer ⓘ
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ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
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genre philosophy ⓘ
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Jules ⓘ
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influenced 20th-century British philosophy ⓘ
English-speaking analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf British Academy ⓘ
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logical positivism ⓘ
notableFor popularizing logical positivism in the English-speaking world ⓘ
notableWork Freedom and Morality and Other Essays ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
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Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
Metaphysics and Common Sense ⓘ
Philosophical Essays ⓘ
The Concept of a Person and Other Essays ⓘ
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge ⓘ
The Problem of Knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalIdea emotivist theory of ethics ⓘ
rejection of metaphysics as cognitively meaningful ⓘ
sense-datum theory of perception ⓘ
verification principle of meaning ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
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positionHeld Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London ⓘ
Wykeham Professor of Logic at New College, Oxford ⓘ
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Renée Lees ⓘ
subjectOf biography "A. J. Ayer: A Life" by Ben Rogers ⓘ

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