Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules) 1910-1989

Overview

Works:	546 works in 2,722 publications in 11 languages and 45,613 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies Interviews Festschriften Criticism, interpretation, etc Introductions History
Roles:	Author, Editor, Interviewee, Other, Contributor, Honoree, Compiler, Creator, Author of introduction, Speaker, Dedicatee, htt
Classifications:	B804, 192

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about A. J Ayer

The concept of a person : and other essays by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )
Part of my life : the memoirs of a philosopher by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )
The philosophy of A.J. Ayer( Book )
The house in France : a memoir by Gully Wells( Book )
Ayer by John Foster( Book )

A.J. Ayer : a life by Ben Rogers( Book )
One of the family by Wendy W Fairey( Book )
More of my life by A. J Ayer( Book )
The British empiricists : Hobbes to Ayer by Stephen Priest( Book )
On Ayer by Robert M Martin( Book )
The house in France : [a memoir] by Gully Wells( Recording )
In defense of metaphysics by Yuval Stienitz( Book )
Philosophical papers by Cahal B Daly( Book )
Ayer's Language, Truth and Logic by David Mills Daniel( Book )
A.J. Ayer : analysing what we mean by Oswald Hanfling( Book )
A study in Ayer's epistemology by Suresh Chandra( Book )
Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition( Visual )
Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition( Recording )
Philosophers : debates and dialogues( Visual )
Il problema della conoscenza empirica nel pensiero di Alfred Jules Ayer by Ignazio Semino( Book )

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Most widely held works by A. J Ayer

Language, truth, and logic by A. J Ayer( Book )

326 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 3,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mr. Ayer sets up specific tests by which you can easily evaluate statements of ideas. You will also learn how to distinguish ideas that cannot be verified by experience--those expressing religious, moral, or aesthetic experience, those expounding theological or metaphysical doctrine, and those dealing with a priori truth. The basic thesis of this work is that philosophy should not squander its energies upon the unknowable, but should perform its proper function in criticism and analysis

Hume by A. J Ayer( )

58 editions published between 1980 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 3,265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Overview. History of ideas; philosophical."

The problem of knowledge by A. J Ayer( Book )

153 editions published between 1956 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,998 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this book, the author of "Language, Truth and Logic" tackles one of the central issues of philosophy - how we can know anything - by setting out all the sceptic's arguments and trying to counter them one by one

Philosophy in the twentieth century by A. J Ayer( Book )

65 editions published between 1982 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Logical positivism by A. J Ayer( Book )

82 editions published between 1559 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 1,754 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Edited by a leading exponent of the school, this book offers--in the words of the movement's founders--logical positivism's revolutionary theories on meaning and metaphysics, the nature of logic and mathematics, the foundations of knowledge, the content of psychological propositions, ethics, sociology, and the nature of philosophy itself

The central questions of philosophy by A. J Ayer( Book )

67 editions published between 1973 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bertrand Russell by A. J Ayer( Book )

44 editions published between 1966 and 1988 in 5 languages and held by 1,459 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The foundations of empirical knowledge by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )

84 editions published between 1940 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Philosophical essays by Alfred J Ayer( Book )

74 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voltaire by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )

26 editions published between 1986 and 1988 in 5 languages and held by 1,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A study of both the personality and contributions of the French philosopher, historian, scientist, and writer

The origins of pragmatism: studies in the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce and William James by A. J Ayer( Book )

37 editions published between 1968 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Probability and evidence by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )

36 editions published between 1972 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Paine by Alfred J Ayer( Book )

32 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 1,162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Provides a sketch of Paine's life and character with critical examinations of his political and religious views. IsBN 0-689-11996-8

Wittgenstein by A. J Ayer( Book )

38 editions published between 1985 and 1989 in 5 languages and held by 1,127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Russell and Moore : the analytical heritage by A. J Ayer( Book )

30 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and Dutch and held by 1,046 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Revolution in philosophy by Alfred Jules Ayer( Book )

64 editions published between 1956 and 1973 in English and Spanish and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Metaphysics and common sense by A. J Ayer( Book )

33 editions published between 1969 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 995 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

British empirical philosophers : Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, and J.S. Mill by A. J Ayer( Book )

45 editions published between 1952 and 2013 in English and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For students and general readers

Men of ideas by Bryan Magee( Book )

3 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fifteen dialogues drawn from the highly acclaimed BBC series review the tenets and theories of moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science

Freedom and morality and other essays by A. J Ayer( Book )

35 editions published between 1984 and 2002 in English and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three Whidden Lectures delivered at McMaster University, 1983, with other essays

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