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AJ Ayer
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer, commonly known as A. J. Ayer, is an English philosopher famous for promoting logical positivism, especially in the books Language, Truth and Logic and The Problem of Knowledge. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford University, after which he studied The Philosophy of Logical positivism at the University of Vienna. From 1933 to 1940, he taught philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford. During World War II, Ayer was the special operations director and agent of MI6. He was Grote Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London from 1946 to 1959, then he returned to Oxford to become Professor of Logic Wykeham at New College. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1951 to 1952 and was knighted in 1970. He is known to be an advocate of humanism and as second president of the British Society of the Humanities.
BornAlfred Jules Ayer, October 29, 1910, London, England
DiedJune 27, 1989, London, England
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

About AJ Ayer

Philosopher AJ Ayer was born in England on October 29, 1910. He dies at the age of 78, on June 27, 1989.

Philosopher who wrote Language, Truth, and Logic in 1936 and The Problem of Knowledge in 1956, both of which championed logical positivism.

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AJ Ayer before becoming famous

AJ Ayer was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1910 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After earning a classics scholarship, he studied at Christ Church, Oxford. During WWII, he worked for MI6 as a spy.

Achievement of AJ Ayer

In his book Language, Truth, and Logic, he refuted atheism. From 1945 to 1947, he collaborated on Polemic with Novelist George Orwell.

AJ Ayer's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was married to Dee Wells, a woman 15 years his junior.

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Historian Voltaire had an impact on him.

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Latest information about AJ Ayer updated on March 16 2023.