这本论文集(四篇新的,五篇重印)使人们对艾耶尔教授目前的哲学地位可以看得很清楚。他的地位是一个很有意思的问题。自从艾耶尔对他原来在那本令人炫目的著作《语言、真理和逻辑》中所发挥的逻辑实证主义,不再全面坚持之后,时间已经很久了,然而他对实证主义的某些特点仍旧保留一种忠诚。这种忠诚有时对某些特殊学说会以恋旧的形式出现,接着又会表现为一种唐吉呵德的情调。在这些 This collection of essays (four new and five reprints) makes it clear that Professor Ayer’s current philosophical position is clear. His position is a very interesting issue. It has been a long time since Ayer’s theory of logical positivism, which he had used in the dazzling book “Language, Truth, and Logic”, was no longer fully adhered to. However, some of the features of positivism Still retain a loyalty. This loyalty sometimes appears in the form of a nostalgia for certain special doctrines, which in turn can manifest as a Tangjahud mood. In these