Language, Truth, and Logic

Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) introduced the ideas of logical positivism to the UK and the English speaking world. It argues for principles of verification as a foundation for meaning, and logic for the expression of meaningful statements about the world. 

• Philosophy lovers, especially analytic philosophy or philosophy of language
• Historians of ideas, particularly those focused on twentieth-century intellectual movements
• Critical thinkers and skeptics interested in methods of verifying claims and statements

Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-1989) was a British philosopher known for his work on logical positivism, including The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge (1940) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956). He was a professor at University College London, and at Oxford University.