Bøger af A. J. Ayer

Addresses various questions in epistemology and the philosophy of science, examining the nature of inductive reasoning. This work begins by considering Hume's formulation of the problem of induction and then explores the inferences on our beliefs in factual matters. It also defines the three kinds of probability that inform inductive reasoning.

This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself.

Three Whidden Lectures delivered at McMaster University, 1983, with other essays.