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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... experiences and relationships that bear directly upon my intellectual life. I make no mention of experiences and relationships, however important they may have been, that do not contribute toward a portrait of my philosophical existence ...
... experience - far from it . I have simply carved out that portion of my life in which philosophy has occupied center stage . There is already enough turmoil and drama there to be mentioned . The kind of philosophy dealt with in this book ...
... reveal the identity of the culprit . I was caned three times in all , the other two times for no particular reason either ( and it really stings too ) . It was not a school from the experience of which you were expected to amount.
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. from the experience of which you were expected to amount to anything; most of the boys I knew there were in low-level jobs by the age of sixteen. Still, I always did pretty ...
... experiences, representations. Perception is not a faculty that unlocks the ways of the physical world outside of our ... experience something, your mind is not a blank—things do look a certain way to you. So in this case you must be ...
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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The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-century Philosophy Colin McGinn No preview available - 2003 |
The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn No preview available - 2002 |