EKPOMA REVIEW

Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-1989) was one of the foremost; critics of metaphysics in the twentieth century. With Russell and; Moore, Ayer; exerted; considerable influence; on several; generations of English thinkers. In the British context, he was the; official; spokesman; of; the; movement; known; as; Logical; Positivism, a movement, which traced its origin to the Vienna; circle, and had among her members, thinkers such as Ludwig; Wittgenstein, Rudolf Carnap and Moritz Schlick. The movement was known for its anti-metaphysical bias. So quite; naturally, Ayer's attitude to metaphysics is negative.

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