Introduction by Gilbert Ryle Ayer (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Former library book. Lightly soiled dust jacket with library stickers to spine strip and top front. No library markings of any kind in the book. Tight binding, solid red boards with sharp corners, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, clean, unmarked pages throughout. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. V, 126 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Edition Was Published In 1956, This Is The Second Printing (Also 1956). Fine In Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket. Former Owner's Name. Per Wikipedia, Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer Fba (1910 - 1989), Usually Cited As A. J. Ayer, Was An English Philosopher Known For His Promotion Of Logical Positivism, Particularly In His Books Language, Truth, And Logic (1936) And The Problem Of Knowledge (1956). He Was Educated At Eton College And The University Of Oxford, After Which He Studied The Philosophy Of Logical Positivism At The University Of Vienna. From 1933 To 1940 He Lectured On Philosophy At Christ Church, Oxford. During The Second World War Ayer Was A Special Operations Executive And Mi6 Agent. He Was Grote Professor Of The Philosophy Of Mind And Logic At University College London From 1946 Until 1959, After Which He Returned To Oxford To Become Wykeham Professor Of Logic At New College. He Was President Of The Aristotelian Society From 1951 To 1952 And Knighted In 1970. He Was Known For His Advocacy Of Humanism, And Was The Second President Of The British Humanist Association (Now Known As Humanists Uk). Professor A. J. Ayer Was President Of The Homosexual Law Reform Society For A Time; He Remarked That "As A Notorious Heterosexual I Could Never Be Accused Of Feathering My Own Nest.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. V, 126 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Published In 1956, First Printing. Lightly Used, Gilt Bright, No Marks, Slight Browning To Endpapers. Dust Jacket Price 10S/6D Net, Slight Usage, Browning. Per Wikipedia, Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer Fba (1910 - 1989), Usually Cited As A. J. Ayer, Was An English Philosopher Known For His Promotion Of Logical Positivism, Particularly In His Books Language, Truth, And Logic (1936) And The Problem Of Knowledge (1956). He Was Educated At Eton College And The University Of Oxford, After Which He Studied The Philosophy Of Logical Positivism At The University Of Vienna. From 1933 To 1940 He Lectured On Philosophy At Christ Church, Oxford. During The Second World War Ayer Was A Special Operations Executive And Mi6 Agent. He Was Grote Professor Of The Philosophy Of Mind And Logic At University College London From 1946 Until 1959, After Which He Returned To Oxford To Become Wykeham Professor Of Logic At New College. He Was President Of The Aristotelian Society From 1951 To 1952 And Knighted In 1970. He Was Known For His Advocacy Of Humanism, And Was The Second President Of The British Humanist Association (Now Known As Humanists Uk). Professor A. J. Ayer Was President Of The Homosexual Law Reform Society For A Time; He Remarked That "As A Notorious Heterosexual I Could Never Be Accused Of Feathering My Own Nest.".…