A. J Ayer
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Language
English
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The front cover of the second edition of Language, Truth and Logic carried this statement in capital letters: 'THE CLASSIC TEXT WHICH FOUNDED LOGICAL POSITIVISM - AND MODERN BRITISH PHILOSOPHY.'
It was a bold statement, but the book, first published in 1936 when A. J. Ayer was just 25 and a lecturer on philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford, drew unstinting praise from leading figures in the field, including Bertrand Russell. Its effect was to 'sweep...
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Series
Very short introductions volume 33
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Overview. History of ideas; philosophical."
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