AJ.Ayer: Memorial Essays
Edited by A. Phillips Griffiths
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ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY SUPPLEMENT: 30
EDITED BY A. Phillips Griffiths
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A. J. Ayer memorial essays/edited by A. Phillips Griffiths p. cm. Also published as second 1991 supplement to the journal Philosophy and as v. 30 in the series Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 42246 9 1. Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules), 1910- . 2. Philosophy I. Ayer, A. J. (Alfred Jules), 1910- . II. Griffiths A. Phillips. B1618.A94A63 1991 91-32637 192-dc20 CIP
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Preface v
A Defence of Empiricism 1 A. j. AYER
Ayer: the Man, the Philosopher, the Teacher 17 RICHARD WOLLHEIM
Ayer's Place in the History of Philosophy 31 ANTHONY QUINTON
AYER'S ATTACK ON METAPHYSICS 49 D. M. MACKINNON
Ayer and World Views 63 FREDERICK COPLESTON
Language, Newspeak and Logic 77 S. R. SUTHERLAND
On the relation between Common Sense, Science and Metaphysics 89 STEPHAN KORNER
Logical Positivism and Intentionality 105 HILARY PUTNAM
Probability and the Evidence of our Senses 117 D. H. MELLOR
Seeing Qualia and Positing the World 129 TED HONDERICH
Three Varieties of Knowledge 153 DONALD DAVIDSON
The Importance of 'If 167 JOHN WATLING
Ayer's Ethical Theory: Emotivism or Subjectivism? 181 DAVID WIGGINS
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Subjectivism and Toleration 197 BERNARD WILLIAMS
An Interview with A. J. Ayer 209
TED HONDERICH
Notes on Contributors 227
References 229
Index 237
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