Foundations Empirical Knowledge by Ayer Alfred (34 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, 6th printing. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold spine titles. Very Good/No DJ. Owner name front endpaper, first half book underlined. 276pp inc. Index. Book.

Pencil lining in margins, else G+ 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Paperback. x + 276 pp.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade paper bound in red & white wrappers, reprint edition, 276pp includes index. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 340 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Condition: Good. 1951. Reprinted. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Condition: gut. X, 276 S., 19 cm, gebräunt, Ecke leicht geknickt. Sprache: Englisch.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 276 pages, indexed. Apart from a neat ownership signature, a clean, unmarked and solid copy. A title in the Papermac series. 'Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer FBA 29 October 1910 - 27 June 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). (Wikipedia).…

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

276 pp including index, fine copy in limp wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No statement of edition or printing (the date, 1940, is on the title page only). 276 pp. including index. Light wear to the extremities. The rear board is dented in spots. There are small abrasions on the rear joint. The leaves are lightly tanned. In a square, tight binding with hinges intact. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Edition. 276 pages. Former owner's name on front pastedown. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners.; Ex-Library; Octavo (standard book size); ix, 276 pages.

Condition: Very good. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Internally clean and tight.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. pp. 276.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. X, 276 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First American Edition, First Printing, Using English Sheets. Light Rubbing, All Gilt Complete And Bright, Hinges Tight, No Fading Or Fraying. Owner's Bookplate On Front Pastedown; Test Questions For A 1947 "Theory Of Knowledge" Final Examination, All Referencing Ayer, Laid In Loosely. A Few Light Pencil Underlinings And Marginalia. Per Wikipedia, Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer Fba (1910 - 989), 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.".…

Hard. Condition: Fair. Pages clean and bright, light foxing and spotting to endpapers, inscription on front endpaper, boards firm but stained. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-VG. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The spine is quite faded as well as top edge, which is also dirty. The book is still quite tight and the spine does not seem to be breaking. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 276 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Knowledge, Theory of 20th century. Empiricism. Philosophy. Epistemology. 20th century. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 276 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Knowledge, Theory of 20th century. Empiricism. Philosophy. Epistemology. 20th century. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition. Near fine book in about very good dust jacket. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Dust jacket with dollar price stamped to inside front flap, and moderately rubbed with small stain at center of front panel, though well-preserved for age.…

Hard. Condition: Good. First Edition 2nd Printing. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed reading edge, slight lean to text block, binding firm, sunning to spine and corners of boards. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [6], vii-x, 276 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 10s. 6d. net on the front flap of the jacket. Slater 28. A.J. Ayer's third book, an exploration of the philosophy of metaphysics and epistemology. He discusses problems like the nature of the reality of the external world, how sense data relates to material things, causality, and how an individual can have knowledge of other minds. Ayer was an important figure in the movement of Logical Positivism, and a significant analytic philosopher. His contributions to epistemology and metaphysics remain critical in the literature of analytic philosophy. Slightly askew with a touch of warping to the front board; jacket shows a few traces of edge wear, toning, and a few small spots of discoloration to the rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with best wishes A.J. Ayer Mexico City September 11 1963." In very good condition. From the library of Sergio Munoz, who was a friend of the author. Books signed by Ayer are scarce. In a series of important papers and a book, The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge, Alfred J. Ayer wrestled with critics who doubted that all meaningful discourse could be analyzed in terms of sense experience. In particular, he turned for the first time to a careful analysis of the âsense-dataâ that empiricists had always claimed were the basis of all real knowledge. In a characteristic move, Ayer now contended that sense-data should be understood not as part of the furniture of the world but as conceptual constructs, or logical fictions, that allow one to distinguish between sensory experience and matter and between appearance and reality.…