The Historical and Philosophical Significance of Ayer's Language, Truth and Logic

Part I: The Book and its Context.- 1. From Spying to Canonizing: Ayer and his Language, Truth and Logic. Adam Tamas Tuboly.- 2. Language, Truth, and Logic and the Anglophone Reception of the Vienna Circle. Andreas Vrahimis.- 3. 'Viennese Bombshells': Reactions to Language, Truth and Logic from Ayer's Philosophical Contemporaries. Siobhan Chapman.- Part II: Philosophy of Language in LTL.- 4. Ayer on Analyticity. Nicole Rathgeb.- 5. Linguistic Analysis: Ayer and Early Ordinary Language Philosophy. Sally Parker-Ryan.- Part III: Philosophy of Mind and Psychology.- 6. The Evolution of Ayer's Views on the Mind-body Relation. Gergely Ambrus.- 7. A Logical Positivist's Progress: A Puzzle about Other Minds in Early Ayer Resolved. Thomas Uebel.- Part IV: Epistemology and Truth.- 8. Ayer's Verificationism - Dead as a Dodo?. Hans-Johann Glock.- 9. Definition Versus Criterion: Ayer on the Problem of Truth and Validation. László Kocsis.- Part V: Ethics and Values.- 10. Ayer and Berkeley on the Meaning of Ethical and Religious Language. Krisztián Pete.- 11. Ayer's Book of Errors and the Crises of Contemporary Western Culture. Aaron Preston.