Colin McGinn
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| - | '''Colin McGinn''' (born March 10, 1950) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[philosopher]] currently working at the [[University of Miami]]. McGinn has also held major teaching positions at [[Oxford University]] and [[Rutgers University]]. He is best known for his work in the [[philosophy of mind]], though he has written on topics across the breadth of [[modern philosophy]]. Chief among his works intended for a general audience is the intellectual memoir ''The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy'' (2002). | + | |
| + | '''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]]. | ||
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| + | McGinn is best known for his work in the [[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 [[Mind-body problem|problem of consciousness]]. He is the author of 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). | ||
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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 the 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 is the author of 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).
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