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

English · Hardback

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“If Wittgenstein had written an autobiography it might have resembled this...brilliantly written, devastatingly honest, often very funny” Informationen zum Autor Colin McGinn was educated at Oxford University. The author of sixteen previous books, including The Making of a Philosopher , he has written for the London Review of Books , The New Republic , the New York Times Book Review , and other publications. He has taught philosophy at University College of London, Oxford, and Rutgers University, and is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Miami. Zusammenfassung 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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Authors Colin Mcginn
Publisher Harper Collins Usa
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 26.03.2002
 
EAN 9780060197926
ISBN 978-0-06-019792-6
No. of pages 256
Dimensions 155 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
Subjects BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, PHILOSOPHY: General, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, MATHEMATICS: History & Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Modern, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Philosophers, HISTORY: Essays, MATHEMATICS: Essays, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General

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