Ayer believes that science can give us every type of speculative knowledge about the world that's possible to obtain.
Ayer believes that science can give us every type of speculative knowledge about the world that's possible to obtain.
Ayer believes this, but still tries to find a legitimate place for philosophy.
Philosophy, as Ayer sees it, isn't a kind of speculative knowledge about the world. Instead, philosophy analyzes the concepts that we use to talk about the world -- concepts like "material object," "self," "cause," "truth," "knowledge," "goodness," and so forth.
Ayer believes that science can give us every type of speculative knowledge about the world that's possible to obtain.
Ayer believes this, but still tries to find a legitimate place for philosophy.
Philosophy, as Ayer sees it, isn't a kind of speculative knowledge about the world. Instead, philosophy analyzes the concepts that we use to talk about the world -- concepts like "material object," "self," "cause," "truth," "knowledge," "goodness," and so forth.