A. J. Ayer

A. J. Ayer Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer ( ; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books ''Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) and ''The Problem of Knowledge'' (1956).

Ayer was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford, after which he studied the philosophy of logical positivism at the University of Vienna. From 1933 to 1940 he lectured on philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford.

During the Second World War Ayer was a Special Operations Executive and MI6 agent.

Ayer was Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London from 1946 until 1959, after which he returned to Oxford to become Wykeham Professor of Logic at New College. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1951 to 1952 and knighted in 1970. He was known for his advocacy of humanism, and was the second president of the British Humanist Association (now known as Humanists UK).

Ayer was president of the Homosexual Law Reform Society for a time; he remarked, "as a notorious heterosexual I could never be accused of feathering my own nest." Provided by Wikipedia
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    El problema del conocimiento / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1968
    Book
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    El problema del conocimiento / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1985
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    Language truth and logic / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1952
    Book
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    Philosophical Essays / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1965
    Book
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    Lenguaje, verdad y lógica / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1965
    Book
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    Introducción / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Article
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    Verificación y experiencia / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Article
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    El círculo de viena / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

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    Los problemas centrales de la filosofía / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1979
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    Lenguaje, verdad y lógica. / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1984
    Book
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    Lenguaje, verdad y logica / by Ayer, Alfred Jules

    Published 1965
    Book
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    Language, Truth and Logic / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1947
    Book
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    The Problem of Knowledge / Alfred Jules Ayer. by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1956
    Book
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    Philosophical essays / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1954
    Book
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    Lenguaje, verdad y lógica / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1984
    Book
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    Ensayos filosóficos / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1979
    Book
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    Lenguaje, verdad y lógica / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1965
    Book
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    Parte de mi vida / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1982
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    El positivismo lógico / by Ayer, Alfred Jules, 1910-1989

    Published 1965
    Book