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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... questions about reality . As I am at pains to show , I myself was drawn to philosophy— irresistibly so simply by the intrinsic interest of the questions ; in a way , it is accidental that I ended up teaching in a university.
... questions . He would occasionally mention philosophers as he was discussing some contentious point — as it might be , the ... question quickly leads to the whole issue of what a justification is anyway , as well as to questions about ...
... question put by someone who doubts God's existence is whether there exists anything inreality answering to this definition . Yes , God would be the most perfect existing being if he existed : but does he ? After all , I can define a ...
... question of God's existence, this seemed like a bolt from the blue. God's existence turns out to be as solid as the fact that four is the next whole number after three. But, as I studied the argument, rereading it, trying to probe its ...
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. question of God's existence too easy, that it rendered ... question at issue is whether we really see physical objects out there in space or just subjective items in our own ...
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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