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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... 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 ...
... logic to Descartes's doubts , whatever their bearing on religion might be ( in fact , Descartes's system relies centrally on God , but Mr. Marsh never mentioned this ) . As a result of these philosophical intrusions I started to dip ...
... logic . The ontological argument goes like this : God is by definition the most perfect being of which you can conceive . He combines all the perfections in one entity - absolutely good , perfectly wise , infinitely powerful . This is ...
... logical argument that the existence of God cannot be sensibly denied. No need to appeal to leaps of faith or speculations about how the world began or the occurrence of miracles: We get the existence of God for free, as a matter of pure ...
... logical thinking can produce big, shocking results. It is not that I still believe that the ontological argument is sound, though I don't think there is anything obviously wrong with it. But it is a fascinating argument, simple yet ...
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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