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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 --... read more

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I WAS BORN IN 1950, FIVE YEARS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II, in West Hartlepool, county Durham, a small mining town in the northeast of England.
 

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