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Ayer sees philosophy as giving first principles that explain reality as a whole.

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Ayer sees philosophy as giving first principles that explain reality as a whole.

What would these principles that "explain reality as a whole" be based on?

If they were based on sense experience, then they'd be handled by science, not by philosophy.

If they weren't based on sense experience, then they'd be metaphysical nonsense.

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Ayer sees philosophy as giving first principles that explain reality as a whole.

What would these principles that "explain reality as a whole" be based on?

If they were based on sense experience, then they'd be handled by science, not by philosophy.

If they weren't based on sense experience, then they'd be metaphysical nonsense.

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