Alfred J. Ayer / A.J. Ayer
Overview
Classic introduction to objectives & methods of schools of empiricism & linguistic analysis, especially of the logical positivism derived from the Vienna Circle. Topics: elimination of metaphysics, function of philosophy, nature of philosophical analysis, the a priori, truth & probability, critique of ethics & theology, self & the common world etc.
Introduction
The elimination of metaphysics
The function of philosophy
The nature of philosophical analysis
The a priori
Truth & probability
Critique of ethics & theology
The self & the common world
Solutions of outstanding philosophical disputes
Index
