McGinn, Colin

Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy

HarperCollins Publishers, March 2002. Hardcover. Used - Good / Good. Item #289911
ISBN: 0060197927

Part memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self-portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life lived 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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Part memoir, part study, this is the self-portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life on both sides of the Atlantic. McGinn's graceful writing is always elegant and probing; students of contemporary philosophy will absorb every page. Previous owner's name in ink and light pencilled notes on front free endpaper.

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