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Ayer

(ɛə)
n
(Biography) Sir Alfred Jules. 1910–89, English positivist philosopher, noted particularly for his antimetaphysical work Language, Truth, and Logic (1936)
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Ayer

(ɛər)

n.
Sir A(lfred) J(ules), 1910–89, English philosopher.
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