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| Language, Truth and Logic | 
 enlarge | Author: A. J. Ayer
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 222145
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0486200108
Dewey Decimal Number: 101
EAN: 9780486200101
ASIN: 0486200108
Publication Date: June 1952
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 Sense and Nonsense May 13, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Truth, Logic and Language presents an upbeat and passionate dissertation on the futility of metaphysical claims on God and absolute truth. Indeed, he provides a fierce attack on non-verifiable knowledge which he insists is nonsense. This work presents a powerful and persuasive argument for logical positivism and exemplifies many of the weaknesses of traditional metaphysical debate. Truth, Logic and Language is a milestone in the development of philosophy of language and embodies a passionate and controversial theme which attacks many of the established structures in Western thought.
A cult classic of analytical philosophy March 10, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book, which landed like a bombshell in the philosophical world of the 1930s, remains a thought-provoking read. In it, Ayer posits his own brand of highly sceptical empiricism. In the first chapter he sweepingly characterizes most philosophical enquiry up to the time of writing as pointless, and many of its theories and preoccupations as meaningless. Whatever is not empirically verifiable cannot be commented on, and to do so, in Ayer's view, is to spout nonsense. While Ayer's youthful writing sometimes makes unwarranted leaps of reasoning that make him vulnerable to criticism (as his opponents certainly realized), its vigour is also refreshing among the dryness of most analytic philosophy. I recommend this unreservedly as a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in philosophy.
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