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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... type , since I make no mention of such worldly matters . But , to repeat , the absence of such discussion should not be taken to imply the absence of the relevant kinds of experience - far from it . I have simply carved X PREFACE.
... matter of blind faith or can God's existence be proven ? And asking this question quickly leads to the whole issue of what a justification is anyway , as well as to questions about knowledge , certainty , free will , and the origin of ...
... his existence , as if this could be a separate matter from what we mean by the word " God . " The existence of God is logically necessary , a matter of pure definition , not a matter of contingent 10 THE MAKING OF A PHILOSOPHER.
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. matter of pure definition , not a matter of contingent fact . The case of God is therefore quite unlike the case of the unicorn , whose definition does not imply its existence ...
... matter of principle . Again , what struck me at age eighteen about these argu- ments was the power of reason to overturn assumptions I had taken for granted . It is not that I would now subscribe to these arguments in their entirety ...
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