But if science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science.
A. J. Ayer Quotes
The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.
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| Birth: | 29th October, 1910 |
| Death: | 27th June, 1989 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Philosopher |
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Sir Alfred Jules Ayer was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic and The Problem of Knowledge.He was the Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London from 1946 until 1959, when he became Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford.
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