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Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
{ 1 } - the metaphysical constitution of a material object.
{ 2 } - how the term "material object" is to be defined.
{ 3 } - our scientific understanding of material objects.
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Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
{ 1 } - the metaphysical constitution of a material object.
{ 2 } - how the term "material object" is to be defined.
{ 3 } - our scientific understanding of material objects.
He sees the question as properly linguistic, not factual.
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Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
{ 1 } - the metaphysical constitution of a material object.
{ 2 } - how the term "material object" is to be defined.
{ 3 } - our scientific understanding of material objects.
Ayer sees "What is the nature of ...?" questions as asking for a definition.
Philosophy deals with how to define notions like "material object," "self," "cause," "truth," "knowledge," and "goodness."
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Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
{ 1 } - the metaphysical constitution of a material object.
{ 2 } - how the term "material object" is to be defined.
{ 3 } - our scientific understanding of material objects.
He sees this as an important question, but not the one that philosophers are asking.
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