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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... looks like . Some of my 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 ...
... look back , he strikes me as a man who loved learning and scholarship ( his favorite word was " scholar " ) but who didn't quite have the ability to make it as a university professor . He spoke of his university days as though they were ...
... look bent in water , or imagining pink rats while under the influence of LSD . The stick looks bent in just the way a really bent stick would look , and the pink rats look just the way real pink rats would look , if there were any ...
... look the same in both cases ; your experience is the same ; you can't tell the difference . Doesn't this mean that you must be aware of sense - data in the ordinary veridical case too ? When you " see " a real dagger you see a sense ...
... , certainly . Normally , you think you can tell what is in a room by going to have a look . But not so : All you determine that way is what sense - data you have after having the sense - data of walking to the 16 THE MAKING OF A ...
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The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn Limited preview - 2011 |
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