Viii, 455 Pp. Including 65 Pp Bibliography Of Logical Positivism. Blue Cloth Lettered In White. No Indication Of Printing, Copyright 1959. First Publication In English Of Some Of These Papers. Book Very Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket With Slight Usage, Tear At Bottom Of Spine Panel, Minute Losses On Bottom Edges. 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.".

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Logical Positivism

Publisher

The Free Pess, Glencoe Il

Publication Date

1959

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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