Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer /ɛər/ (29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).
Ayer was a Special Operations Executive and MI6 agent during the Second World War. He was the Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London from 1946 until 1959, when he bec...
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- Oct 29, 1910
Date of death:
- Jun 27, 1989 (age 78 years)
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- Alfred Jules Ayer,
- Sir Alfred Jules Ayer,
- AJ Ayer,
- A.J Ayer
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