LECTURE 7.1: AYER Flashcards
He is an English philosopher from a rich family, - was an anti-Vietnam War activist, supported the Labour Party, was Chairman of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination in Sport, and former President of the Homosexual Law Reform Society in UK.
Alfred Jules Ayer
Timeline of Alfred Jules Ayer
1910 - 1989
What are the 4 types of sentences?
- Interrogative
- Imperative
- Exclamatory
- Declarative
This is the only sentence that expresses a statement, with the element of truth or falsity.
Declarative
When there are underlying assumptions that has not been proven or accepted.
Fallacy of a complex question
He created the direct perception paradigm.
David Hume
Timeline of David Hume
1711 - 1776
Hume’s Fork or two meaningful types of statements
- Relation of ideas (analytic statements)
- Matters of fact (empirical statements)
Which philosopher is associated with: ‘tabula rasa’ - the mind as a blank sheet
John Locke
Which philosopher is associated with: ‘ese es percipi’ to be is to be perceived
George Berkeley
The role of philosophy is the logical analysis of language
Logical Positivism
This denies the literal significance of any metaphysical propositions, including those that affirmed or denied the existence of God.
Criterion of Verification in the theory of meaning
This contains an assertion that is verifiable as either true or false.
Cognitive Meaning
This aims to to express and influence feelings and attitude; to evince the same feelings in others.
Emotive meaning
“Ethical concepts are ________ and, therefore, ________.”
pseudo-concepts ; unanalyzable
