Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Defence of Empiricism
- Ayer: the Man, the Philosopher, the Teacher
- Ayer's Place in the History of Philosophy
- AYER'S ATTACK ON METAPHYSICS
- Ayer and World Views
- Language, Newspeak and Logic
- On the relation between Common Sense, Science and Metaphysics
- Logical Positivism and Intentionality
- Probability and the Evidence of our Senses
- Seeing Qualia and Positing the World
- Three Varieties of Knowledge
- The Importance of ‘If’
- Ayer's Ethical Theory: Emotivism or Subjectivism?
- Subjectivism and Toleration
- An Interview with A. J. Ayer
- Notes on Contributors
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Defence of Empiricism
- Ayer: the Man, the Philosopher, the Teacher
- Ayer's Place in the History of Philosophy
- AYER'S ATTACK ON METAPHYSICS
- Ayer and World Views
- Language, Newspeak and Logic
- On the relation between Common Sense, Science and Metaphysics
- Logical Positivism and Intentionality
- Probability and the Evidence of our Senses
- Seeing Qualia and Positing the World
- Three Varieties of Knowledge
- The Importance of ‘If’
- Ayer's Ethical Theory: Emotivism or Subjectivism?
- Subjectivism and Toleration
- An Interview with A. J. Ayer
- Notes on Contributors
- References
- Index
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- A. J. Ayer: Memorial Essays , pp. iii - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992