


Ayers sets up specific tests by which you can easily evaluate statements of ideas. A first-rate antidote for fuzzy thought and muddled writing, this remarkable book has helped philosophers, writers, speakers, teachers, students, and general readers alike.

It not only surveys one of the most important areas of modern thought it also shows the confusion that arises from imperfect understanding of the uses of language. "A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." - Bertrand Russellįirst published in 1936, this first full-length presentation in English of the Logical Positivism of Carnap, Neurath, and others has gone through many printings to become a classic of thought and communication.
