Ayer, Alfred Jules Philosophers Philosophy
For sites about Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-1989), the philosopher who established the central doctrines of English logical positivism. "There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed."
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Ayer, Alfred Jules
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- Columbia Encyclopedia: Ayer, Sir Alfred Jules - Biographical paragraph.
- Language Truth Logic and God - Excerpt from Ayer's 1946 Language Truth and Logic.
- The Brains Trust - Ayer\\'s description of his experience with this 1950s ayer, alfred jules philosophers TV panel discussion show.
- A. J. Ayer to Harrod, 2 December 1933 - Text of two letters in which Ayer lays out his ayer, alfred jules thoughts on verification.
- Did Atheist Philosopher See God? - Article by William Cash, recounting an attending physician\\'s account of a Ayer's near-death in 1988.
- FOLDOC: Ayer Alfred Jules - Concise entry from this philosophical database.
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