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A. J. Ayer

1910 - 1989

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Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer ( AIR; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956). Ayer was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford, after which he studied the philosophy of logical positivism at the University of Vienna. From 1933 to 1940 he lectured on philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford. During the Second World War Ayer was a Special Operations Executive and MI6 agent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. J. Ayer is the 510th most popular philosopher (up from 517th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,042nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, A. J. Ayer ranks 510 out of 1,267. Before him are Victor Cousin, Adam Ferguson, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, and Axel Honneth. After him are Kenneth Waltz, Valentinus, Thomas Nagel, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Sergei Bulgakov, and Michel Serres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, A. J. Ayer ranks 66. Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Dorothy Vaughan, Miguel Najdorf, Shunichi Kumai, Lobsang Rampa, and Galina Ulanova. After him are Ferdinand Daučík, Kim Il, John Sturges, Imi Lichtenfeld, Karel Zeman, and John Hammond. Among people deceased in 1989, A. J. Ayer ranks 60. Before him are Irving Berlin, John Payne, Boris Skossyreff, Graham Chapman, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, and Franklin J. Schaffner. After him are Rashid Behbudov, R. D. Laing, Werner Best, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kazimierz Deyna, and Karel Zeman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. J. Ayer ranks 1,215 out of 8,785. Before him are William Hague (1961), Reginald Johnston (1874), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Roger Daltrey (1944), William Bligh (1754), and Tom Simpson (1937). After him are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Jill Ireland (1936), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Ken Robinson (1950), Eric Idle (1943), and Natascha McElhone (1969).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, A. J. Ayer ranks 32. Before him are John of Salisbury (1110), Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John Gray (1948), and Adam Ferguson (1723). After him are Gilbert Ryle (1900), Paul Grice (1913), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Alan Watts (1915), John Austin (1790), and David Hartley (1705).

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