A.J. Ayer memorial essays /

A.J. Ayer memorial essays /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1991.
Description:	v, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ayer, A. J. -- (Alfred Jules), -- 1910-1989 Ayer, A. J. -- (Alfred Jules), -- 1910-1989. Philosophy Philosophy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1339706

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Other authors / contributors:	Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules), 1910-1989 Griffiths, A. Phillips
ISBN:	0521422469
Notes:	Also published as second 1991 supplement to the journal Philosophy and as v. 30 in the series Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. A defence of empiricism
2. Ayer: the man, the philosopher, the teacher
3. Ayer's place in the history of philosophy
4. Ayer's attack on metaphysics
5. Ayer and world view
6. Language, newspeak and logic
7. On the relation between common sense, science and metaphysics
8. Logical positivism and intentionality
9. Probability and the evidence of our senses
10. Seeing qualia and positing the world
11. Three varieties of knowledge
12. The importance of 'If'
13. Ayer's ethical theory: emotivism or subjectivism?
14. Subjectivism and toleration
15. An interview with
References
Index