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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My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. Chapter One First Stirrings I WAS BORN IN 1950 , FIVE YEARS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II , in West Hartlepool , county Durham , a small mining town in the northeast of ...
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. and thinking , particularly about religion and theology . He was a strict teacher , but kindly - a devoted Christian with a passionate interest in his students . As I look ...
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. And here is where my very first philosophical epiphany occurred . I was sitting in my cold , unheated bedroom in Blackpool , my drums in the corner , quietly reading a book ...
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn. aware of in a case of illusion or hallucination are nonphysical internal sense-data, not physical objects. But now, as we noted earlier, there is no subjective difference ...
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Contents
Chapter Three Logic and Language | |
Chapter Four Mind and Reality | |
Chapter Five Belief Desire and Wittgenstein | |
Chapter Six Consciousness and Cognition | |
Chapter Seven Metaphilosophy and Fiction | |
Chapter Eight Evil Beauty and Logic | |
Acknowledgments | |
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