Imagine that you are a follower of F.H. Bradley, and firmly believe that the Absolute enters into, but is itself incapable of, evolution and progress. However, you have no way to test your belief by experience -- and indeed you regard the belief as consistent with any future experiences that you might imagine yourself having. Ayer would say that your belief (presumed not to be analytic) is
Imagine that you are a follower of F.H. Bradley, and firmly believe that the Absolute enters into, but is itself incapable of, evolution and progress. However, you have no way to test your belief by experience -- and indeed you regard the belief as consistent with any future experiences that you might imagine yourself having. Ayer would say that your belief (presumed not to be analytic) is
Ayer doesn't believe in this.
Imagine that you are a follower of F.H. Bradley, and firmly believe that the Absolute enters into, but is itself incapable of, evolution and progress. However, you have no way to test your belief by experience -- and indeed you regard the belief as consistent with any future experiences that you might imagine yourself having. Ayer would say that your belief (presumed not to be analytic) is
Ayer would go further and say that there is nothing to be known here -- since your statement makes no claim that could be either true or false.
Imagine that you are a follower of F.H. Bradley, and firmly believe that the Absolute enters into, but is itself incapable of, evolution and progress. However, you have no way to test your belief by experience -- and indeed you regard the belief as consistent with any future experiences that you might imagine yourself having. Ayer would say that your belief (presumed not to be analytic) is
Your words lack meaning. So we can't even discuss whether your belief is true or false.