If you can't prove something, it is literally senseless - so argues Ayer in this irreverent and electrifying book. Statements are either true by definition (as in maths), or can be verified by direct experience. Ayer rejected metaphysical claims about god, the absolute, and objective values as completely nonsensical.
Ayer was only 24 when he finished LANGUAGE, TRUTH & LOGIC, yet it shook the foundations of Anglo-American philosophy and made its author notorious. It became a classic text, cleared away the cobwebs in philosophical thinking, and has been enormously influential.
| ISBN: | 9780141186047 |
| Publication date: | 26th April 2001 |
| Author: | A J Ayer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy: logic |
If you can't prove something, it is literally senseless - so argues Ayer in this irreverent and electrifying book. Statements are either true by definition (as in maths), or can be verified by direct experience.
Language, Truth and Logic features in the following genres: Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic
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Language, Truth and Logic was written by A J Ayer and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Language, Truth and Logic has 206 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.