Language, Truth and Logic

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Language, Truth and Logic is A.J. Ayer’s influential 1936 philosophical work that popularized logical positivism in the English-speaking world by arguing that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or tautological.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
advocates emotivist theory of ethics ⓘ
author A. J. Ayer ⓘ
A. J. Ayer ⓘ
surface form: Alfred Jules Ayer
centralThesis A statement is meaningful only if it is empirically verifiable or tautological. ⓘ
claims ethical judgments are expressions of emotion rather than statements of fact ⓘ
metaphysical statements are cognitively meaningless ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
discusses a priori knowledge ⓘ
analytic–synthetic distinction ⓘ
philosophical method ⓘ
Bayesian inference ⓘ
surface form: probability and induction

religious language ⓘ
the self and personal identity ⓘ
firstPublishedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
genre analytic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition second edition with revisions ⓘ
impact provoked criticisms that led Ayer later to modify his views ⓘ
sparked extensive debate about the criterion of meaning ⓘ
influenced 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
Anglo-American analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Moritz Schlick ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
logical empiricism ⓘ
mainSubject epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
verificationism ⓘ
movement logical positivism ⓘ
notableFor critique of metaphysics ⓘ
popularizing logical positivism in the English-speaking world ⓘ
systematic defense of verificationism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
philosophicalStance reduction of philosophy to logical analysis of language ⓘ
rejection of synthetic a priori propositions ⓘ
positionOnEthics ethical statements lack truth value ⓘ
positionOnMetaphysics metaphysical disputes are pseudo-problems ⓘ
positionOnReligiousLanguage religious statements are literally meaningless ⓘ
proposes verification principle of meaning ⓘ
publicationYear 1936 ⓘ
publisher Orion Publishing Group ⓘ
surface form: Gollancz
structure divided into chapters addressing language, verification, metaphysics, ethics, and theology ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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logical positivism → associatedWork → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
A. J. Ayer → notableWork → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
verification principle → notablyPresentedIn → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
this entity surface form: A. J. Ayer's "Language, Truth and Logic"
The Problem of Knowledge → follows → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
Philosophical Essays → relatedWork → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
Metaphysics and Common Sense → relatedWork → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge → relatedWork → Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ