- Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers The Condensed Edition of AJ 'Freddie' Ayer's LANGUAGE, TRUTH + LOGIC The principles of logic and mathematics are true simply because we never allow them to be anything else. INTRODUCTION to Language, Truth and Logic Round about 1920 a gang of philosophers including Rudolph Carnap and Kurt Godel started meeting in Vienna. This so-called 'Vienna Circle' ...www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/ayer.htm