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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... the university philosophy departments of the world and which is now largely the “ analytical ” kind of philosophy . The book is thus about contemporary academic phi- losophy . What I have aimed to do is present xi PREFACE.
... losophy has its funny side , and its all - too - human side . Philosophers , after all , are human beings too , surprising as that may sound . Colin McGinn New York July 2001 CHAPTER ONE First Stirrings I WAS BORN IN 1950 , xii PREFACE.
... losophy books for the general public and used to speak regularly on BBC radio in the 1950s . He was not himself an original philosopher but derived most of his ideas from Bertrand Russell , about whom more later . ( Russell 12 THE ...
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