AYER, Sir Alfred Jules

AYER, Sir Alfred Jules
(1910-1989)
   English linguistic philosopher and humanist whose best work Language, Truth and Logic (1936), introduced LOGICAL POSITIVISM to the English speaking world. The central demand of this work was the "elimination of METAPHYSICS." In 1988, shortly before his death, he wrote an article describing a near death experience which had forced him to question his earlier views.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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