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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... 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 definition . An agnostic who doubts God's existence surely ...
... existence is one of the perfections . Existence is an attribute that augments or increases an entity's degree of perfection , so the most perfect conceivable being must have this attribute . Consider the idea of the most powerful ...
... existence . Now , this is a stunning piece of reasoning . It purports to establish by rigorous logical argument that the exis- tence of God cannot be sensibly denied . No need to appeal to leaps of faith or speculations about how the ...
... existence five sec- onds ago equipped with an extensive range of pseudo- memories ? Knowledge seems to shrink down to the inner states of a momentary self . The updated version of Descartes's evil demon is the " brain in a vat ...
... existence of God was rationally questionable but that the external world was solid as a rock , yet reason tells us that we can be surer of God's existence than of our neighbor's existence . Divinities are more certain than tables and ...
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The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy Colin McGinn Limited preview - 2011 |
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