On Ayer's view, philosophical analysis depends on the metaphysical view that reality consists of complexes that can be broken up into simple parts.
On Ayer's view, philosophical analysis depends on the metaphysical view that reality consists of complexes that can be broken up into simple parts.
Russell and Wittgenstein held something like this -- but Ayer regards it as metaphysical nonsense.
On Ayer's view, philosophical analysis is the attempt to explain our concepts. Philosophy is just language analysis; it doesn't have any metaphysical presuppositions.
On Ayer's view, philosophical analysis depends on the metaphysical view that reality consists of complexes that can be broken up into simple parts.
Russell and Wittgenstein held something like this -- but Ayer regards it as metaphysical nonsense.
On Ayer's view, philosophical analysis is the attempt to explain our concepts. Philosophy is just language analysis; it doesn't have any metaphysical presuppositions.