It is an odd fact of evolution that we are the only species on Earth capable of creating science and philosophy. There easily could have been another species with some scientific talent, say that of the average human ten-year-old, but… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the dubious exhilaration of grand philosophical theory, in which messy reality is tamed and caged, but… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Our general repression of matters disgusting prevents us facing up to a serious health problem. If we are the 'god that shits,' then we… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms. — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Our treatment of animals, in every department, is deeply and systematically immoral. Becoming a vegetarian is only the most minimal ethical response to the… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Tolerating somebody else's beliefs is not failing to criticize them. It's not persecuting them for having those beliefs. That is absolutely important. You should… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Faith is believing things by definition, which are not justified by reason. If it were justified by reason, it wouldn't be faith. It would… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
It is an odd fact of evolution that we are the only species on Earth capable of creating science and philosophy. There easily could… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
“The head spins in theoretical disarray; no explanatory model suggests itself; bizarre ontologies loom. There is a feeling of intense confusion, but no clear… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Once you were just insentient cells, no more aware of anything than your liver is now. Today you are brimming with consciousness. How did… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer… — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
