The Making of a Philosopher by Colin Mcginn
Colin McGinn attempts to make basic philosophical concepts accessible to the layperson "by describing what it is like to be a philosopher from the inside". This book is an introduction to the basic questions of modern philiosophy as well as being a personal story.
McGinn is a distinguished philosopher, and a professor at Rutgers in New YorkThis elegantly reticent memoir is an autobiography of sorts - though one which is more interested in ideas than in self-revelation. We do get an account of him moving from a working-class childhood in Gillingham and Blackpool to the rarefied world of Oxford academia and beyond. But what McGinn is most interested in doing is providing an account of his journey through ideas - a kind of 'growth of the philosopher's mind'. He does this with unusual and admirable clarity, in a way which makes the book accessible without condescension. It's written with dry flashes of wit, and a certain amount of engaging self-deprecation.
Born in West Hartlepool and educated in Manchester and Oxford, Colin McGinn is professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743231794 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743231791 |
| Title | The Making of a Philosopher |
| Author | Colin Mcginn |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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