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

McGinn, Colin

ISBN 10: 0060197927 / ISBN 13: 9780060197926

Published by HarperCollins, New York, 2002

About this Item

8vo, 241 pp.

Seller Inventory # 020727

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth Century Philosophy
• Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060197927
• ISBN 13: 9780060197926
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.