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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12479549.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "First Stirrings -- From Psychology to Philosophy -- Logic and Language -- Mind and Reality -- Belief, Desire, and Wittgenstein -- Consciousness and Cognition -- Metaphilosophy and Fiction -- Evil, Beauty, and Logic.".
- catalog extent "xii, 241 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0060197927".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins,".
- catalog subject "192 21".
- catalog subject "B804 .M355 2002".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "First Stirrings -- From Psychology to Philosophy -- Logic and Language -- Mind and Reality -- Belief, Desire, and Wittgenstein -- Consciousness and Cognition -- Metaphilosophy and Fiction -- Evil, Beauty, and Logic.".
- catalog title "The making of a philosopher : my journey through twentieth-century philosophy / Colin McGinn.".
- catalog type "text".