Philosopher
Colin McGinn
Overview
Colin McGinn (born 10 March 1950) is a British philosopher. He has held teaching posts and professorships at University College London, the University of Oxford, Rutgers University, and the University of Miami.
McGinn is best known for his work in philosophy of mind, and in particular for what is known as new mysterianism, the idea that the human mind is not equipped to solve the problem of consciousness. He has written over 20 books on this and other areas of philosophy, including The Character of Mind (1982), The Problem of Consciousness (1991), Consciousness and Its Objects (2004), and The Meaning of Disgust (2011).
In 2013, McGinn resigned from his tenured position at the University of Miami after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment. His resignation touched off a debate about the prevalence of sexism and sexual harassment within academic philosophy.
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Philosophers who discussed Colin McGinn
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- David Ray Griffin
- A. J. Ayer
- Edmund Gettier
- Noam Chomsky
- Philosophical Investigations
- David Chalmers
- Patricia Churchland
- Saul Kripke
- Bernard Williams
- Galen Strawson
- Michael R. Ayers
Ideas Colin McGinn discusses
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
- Mind–body problem
- Cartesianism
- Western philosophy
- John Searle
- Analytic philosophy
- The Wall Street Journal
- Mind–body dualism
- Metaphysics
- Thomas Nagel
- The Guardian
- A. J. Ayer
- Ontology
- Psychology
- Sexual harassment
- Peter Singer
- Princeton University
- P. F. Strawson
- Reader (academic rank)
- Sexism
- Donald Davidson (philosopher)
- The New York Review of Books
- Philosophical logic
- The New York Times
Place in the tradition
Part of Philosophy of mind.