Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
He sees the question as properly linguistic, not factual.
Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
Ayer sees "What is the nature of ...?" questions as asking for a definition.
Philosophy deals with how to define notions like "material object," "self," "cause," "truth," "knowledge," and "goodness."
Philosophers often ask questions like, "What is the nature of a material object?"
Ayer takes this question to be asking about
He sees this as an important question, but not the one that philosophers are asking.