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Language, Truth, And Logic by A. J. Ayer
Contributed by: Dixon
  • 1. According to Ayer, what criterion do meaningful statements need to satisfy?
A) Pragmatic theory
B) Verification principle
C) Synthetic proposition
D) Coherence principle
  • 2. What type of statements does Ayer consider to be meaningless?
A) Metaphysical statements
B) Analytic statements
C) Moral statements
D) Empirical statements
  • 3. In Ayer's view, which of the following is a type of analytic statement?
A) The Earth revolves around the Sun
B) All swans are white
C) A bachelor is an unmarried man
D) Water is H2O
  • 4. What is Ayer's position on religious statements?
A) They are factual claims
B) They are expressions of emotion
C) They are universally valid
D) They are purely metaphorical
  • 5. What does Ayer mean by 'empirical propositions'?
A) Propositions that are self-evident
B) Propositions contradicted by experience
C) Propositions based on intuition
D) Propositions verifiable through observation
  • 6. How does Ayer view statements about the future?
A) They lack factual meaning until verified
B) They are always uncertain
C) They are purely hypothetical
D) They can be predicted with certainty
  • 7. In the context of Ayer's work, what does 'analytic' refer to?
A) Statements based on emotions
B) Statements providing knowledge
C) Statements verifiable through experience
D) Statements true by definition
  • 8. What does Ayer consider to be a necessary condition for a proposition to be considered meaningful?
A) It must align with common sense
B) It must be universally accepted
C) It must be empirically verifiable
D) It must be logically coherent
  • 9. Ayer argues that ethical statements are not factually meaningful. What does he call this?
A) Realism
B) Constructivism
C) Emotivism
D) Relativism
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