24.6.2004 kl. 17:09
I have been reading Alfred Jules Ayer's Language, Truth and Logic, a highly interesting piece of aggressive positivism:
What gives one the right to believe in the existence of a certain material thing is simply the fact that one has certain sensations: for, whether one realizes it or not, to say that the thing exists is equivalent to saying that such sensations are obtainable.
What gives one the right to believe in the existence of a certain material thing is simply the fact that one has certain sensations: for, whether one realizes it or not, to say that the thing exists is equivalent to saying that such sensations are obtainable.