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"The philosophical works of A.J. Ayer": pages [334]-341. Bibliography: p. [343]-346. Includes indexes.

Although it ranges more widely, the book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy.

A professor of logic at Oxford, tells of his education at Eton and Oxford, his growing interest in philosophy, and his return to Oxford after service as an intelligence cadet during the war.