The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century PhilosophyPart memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self–portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life on both sides of the Atlantic. The Making of a Philosopher follows Colin McGinn from his early years in England reading Descartes and Anselm, to his years in the states, first in Los Angeles, then New York. McGinn presents a contemporary academic take on the great philosophical figures of the twentieth century, including Bertrand Russell, Jean–Paul Sartre, and Noam Chomsky, alongside stories of the teachers who informed his ideas and often became friends and mentors, especially the colorful A.J. Ayer at Oxford. McGinn's prose is always elegant and probing; students of contemporary philosophy and the general reader alike will absorb every page. |
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... Russell's Autobiography and Ray Monk's biography Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. However much of a purist I may be about philosophy, there is no denying the drama and realism that come with a more personal approach. In this ...
... Russell , Wittgenstein , and their recent philosophical descendants . This tradition emphasizes clarity , rigor , argument , theory , truth . It is not a tradition that aims primarily for inspiration or consolation or ideology . Nor is ...
... Russell, about whom more later. (Russell was once asked to write a laudatory preface for a book of Joad's and testily replied “Modesty forbids.”) Joad's passion was perception, and he was a devotee of the “argument from illusion.” The ...
Contents
Chapter Three Logic and Language | |
Chapter Four Mind and Reality | |
Chapter Five Belief Desire and Wittgenstein | |
Chapter Six Consciousness and Cognition | |
Chapter Seven Metaphilosophy and Fiction | |
Chapter Eight Evil Beauty and Logic | |
Acknowledgments | |
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