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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... 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 into some elementary philosophy books ( if there can really be said to be such ...
... fact there is no such person as Gad . The question of God's existence is analogous , it might be thought ; we know the definition of the word " God , " but what we don't know is whether there is anything in reality that answers to this ...
... fact . The case of God is therefore quite unlike the case of the unicorn , whose definition does not imply its existence . Now , this is a stunning piece of reasoning . It purports to establish by rigorous logical argument that the exis ...
... fact the argument was largely accepted by the major philosophers who succeeded Anselm , so it counts as one of the most influential philosophical argu- ments in history . What also impressed me on that wintry day in Blackpool was the fact ...
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