{"product_id":"2026100007986-secondhand-language-truth-logic","title":"Language Truth \u0026 Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair. Jacket: damaged, chipped along spine and folds; moderate loss. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: faded and dulled spine. 18th Impression noted on jacket. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most provocative and enduring works in twentieth-century analytic philosophy, Language Truth \u0026amp; Logic announced the arrival of a brilliant young Oxford mind determined to overturn centuries of metaphysical speculation in a single, devastating argument. A. J. Ayer presents the core principles of logical positivism to an English-speaking audience, arguing with forensic precision that any statement which cannot be verified through empirical observation or logical analysis is, quite simply, meaningless — a conclusion that dismantles vast swathes of traditional theology, ethics, and metaphysics in one stroke.\n\nWritten with a clarity and confidence rare in academic philosophy, Ayer's style is limpid and direct, translating the ideas of the Vienna Circle into a prose that is as readable as it is radical. The book's central doctrine — the verification principle — sparked decades of fierce debate and remains a touchstone for discussions of meaning, knowledge, and the limits of language. For anyone who has ever asked what philosophy can legitimately claim to know, this work issues a challenge that has never quite been answered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130699391195,"sku":"2026100007986-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/59d931c7-13c1-4fa4-8ca1-b603e3af2d4c.png?v=1786588840","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007986-secondhand-language-truth-logic","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}