Our general repression of matters disgusting prevents us facing up to a serious health problem. If we are the 'god that shits,'… — 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.… — 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… — 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
