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Definition of A J Ayer from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

A J Ayer

 
/ˌeɪ dʒeɪ ˈeə(r)/
 
/ˌeɪ dʒeɪ ˈer/
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  1. Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-89) a British philosopher. His best-known work, Language, Truth and Logic (1936), develops the philosophy of 'logical positivism', the idea that a statement only has meaning if it can be proved to be true or false. He was made a knight in 1970.
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