A.J Ayer

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    • What was he known as?
      A logical positivist.
    • What did he say?
      Talk of God must be nonsensical since the "notion of a person whose essential attributes is not an intelligible notion at all." Just because a word exists, does not mean there is a correspondence in reality.
    • What is a strong version?

      When there is no doubt that a statement is true- verifiable using sense experience
    • What is a weak version?

      There are some observations relevant to proving an assertion true/false. Verifiable in principle is sufficient to be able to know how to verify it.
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