Colin McGinn > Quotes

“To me the ultimate sin was refusing to listen to reason.”
― Colin McGinn, The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy – An Intellectual Memoir from Oxford to America with Russell and Chomsky

“Our treatment of animals, in every department, is deeply and systematically immoral. Becoming a vegetarian is only the most minimal ethical response to the magnitude of the evil.”
― Colin McGinn

“The head spins in theoretical disarray; no explanatory model suggests itself; bizarre ontologies loom. There is a feeling of intense confusion, but no clear idea about where the confusion lies.”
― Colin McGinn

“These themes include skepticism and the possibility of human knowledge; the nature of the self and personal identity; the understanding of causation; the existence and nature of evil; the formative power of language.”
― Colin McGinn, Shakespeare's Philosophy: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays

“In a word, Shakespeare comes across as a bit of a biological determinist.   Toward”
― Colin McGinn, Shakespeare's Philosophy: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays

“There are three areas in which I think this spirit of uncertainty pervades the plays: knowledge and skepticism; the nature of the self; and the character of causality.”
― Colin McGinn, Shakespeare's Philosophy: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays