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Language, Truth and Logic (Paperback, [New Ed.])

Irreverent and electrifying, when A. J. Ayer’s epoch-making work was published in 1936 it shook the foundations of British philosophy, and made its author notorious. He argues that if you cannot prove a statement by scientific methods, or by experience, it is literally meaningless. In this sense, everything else – morals, aesthetics, religion, philosphy itself – becomes nonsensical. For example, to say that murder is wrong is a meaningless statement – you are simply saying that you do not like it. Ayer’s shocking argument, known as Logical Positivism, was a direct challenge to orthodox morality. Yet it became a classic text, revitalizing British philosophy and setting it on an entirely new course.
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Irreverent and electrifying, when A. J. Ayer’s epoch-making work was published in 1936 it shook the foundations of British philosophy, and made its author notorious. He argues that if you cannot prove a statement by scientific methods, or by experience, it is literally meaningless. In this sense, everything else – morals, aesthetics, religion, philosphy itself – becomes nonsensical. For example, to say that murder is wrong is a meaningless statement – you are simply saying that you do not like it. Ayer’s shocking argument, known as Logical Positivism, was a direct challenge to orthodox morality. Yet it became a classic text, revitalizing British philosophy and setting it on an entirely new course.

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Imprint

Penguin Classics

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Release date

April 2001

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Expected to ship within 9 - 17 working days

First published

July 2008

Authors

Introduction by

Dimensions

198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

224

Edition

[New Ed.]

ISBN-13

978-0-14-118604-7

Barcode

9780141186047

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LSN

0-14-118604-6

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