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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... Wittgenstein had written an autobiography it might have resembled this , but neither he nor any other philosopher has provided such a self - account . The Making of a Philosopher is brilliantly written , devastatingly honest , often ...
... Problem of Consciousness Mental Content Wittgenstein on Meaning The Subjective View : Secondary Qualities and Indexical Thoughts The Character of Mind FICTION The Space Trap THE MAKING OF A PHILOSOPHER MY JOURNEY THROUGH TWENTIETH -
... Wittgenstein ..... .123 CHAPTER SIX Consciousness and Cognition ........ 157 CHAPTER SEVEN Metaphilosophy and Fiction . .187 CHAPTER EIGHT Evil , Beauty , and Logic .215 Preface THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO EXPLAIN PHILOSOPHY.
... might mention here , in particular , Bertrand Russell's Auto- biography 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 I.
... Wittgenstein , and their recent philosophical descendants . This tradition emphasizes clarity , rigor , argument , theory , truth . It is not a tradition that aims primarily for inspira- tion or consolation or ideology . Nor is it ...
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