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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... discussion of extra - philosophical events as a lack of the relevant kinds of events . One stereotype of the philosopher has him or her confined to a lonely room all day , ceaselessly contemplating — as if there were no love or sex in ...
... discuss is not generally a mat- ter of taking a word or concept and analyzing it ( whatever exactly that might be ) . The philosophical tradition of which I am a part begins with Plato and Aristotle , contin- ues through Locke ...
... discussions may therefore seem tough going , and removed from the concerns of everyday life , but I have tried to make the ideas as clear as possible while doing justice to academic philosophy as it has actually been practiced over the ...
... discussing some contentious point — as it might be , the plausibility of the virgin birth — and from him I first heard the name of Descartes . Descartes was described as sitting in his oven on a cold winter's day doubting everything ...
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