Language, Truth and Logic (Paperback)

from JuliaF

I know this is a seminal text but I'm finding it a tough read. The writing style is dense, reflecting its origin in the 1930's. It's a challenging book, posing the question of how we judge what truth is. Do we work purely from empirical observation, only accepting propositions that can be logical...

from JorgeCarvajal

I read the "squashed" version of the book and I can agree that while it is not "wrong", the content of the book is incomplete. But mostly, it is very intriguing and thought-provoking and it's a good start for enquiring about language and it's relationship with philosophy.

from keylawk

Ayer writes in the tradition of Hume, Wittgenstein and Russell, rejecting synthetic a priori knowledge, and avoiding definitions which depend upon inductive inference for credence. This work introduces a Theory of Knowledge, compatibilist concepts of Freedom, and an emotivist theory of Ethics (wh...

from rincewind1986

Ayer is a very very under-rated philosopher, some people find logical positivism a little silly but personally i love it, basically the intellagent way of saying 'prove it' or 'why' to everything, and no one does it better than Ayer.

from rincewind1986

Ayer is a very very under-rated philosopher, some people find logical positivism a little silly but personally i love it, basically the intellagent way of saying 'prove it' or 'why' to everything, and no one does it better than Ayer.