https://colinmcginn.net/2018/06/
June, 2018 - Colin McGinn
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https://colinmcginn.net/trumps-christmas/
Trump’s Christmas - Colin McGinn
Dec 26, 2025 - Trump’s Christmas Yesterday was a holiday—from Trump. Nothing on the news about hm. No one killed or deported or insulted or demeaned or defamed. It was a...
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https://colinmcginn.net/bad-utilitarianism/
Bad Utilitarianism - Colin McGinn
Jan 22, 2022 - Bad Utilitarianism There are those who believe we have a moral obligation to donate a substantial part of our wealth to foreign aid if the net utility of doing...
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https://colinmcginn.net/semantics-of-sin/
Semantics of Sin - Colin McGinn
Jun 5, 2025 - Semantics of Sin We all know about the so-called seven deadly sins: envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath. These are curious words; we do well...
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https://colinmcginn.net/divine-bivalve/
Divine Bivalve - Colin McGinn
Jun 7, 2025 - Divine Bivalve I confess: I am an oyster fanatic. So are most people who eat oysters. I just read Oysters: A Celebration in the Raw (2016) by Jeremy Sewall and...
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https://colinmcginn.net/philosophy-in-five-years/
Philosophy in Five Years - Colin McGinn
Apr 25, 2017 - I think the field will be a complete shambles. It's already imploding from the inside, but in five years most of the distinguished people will be gone....
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https://colinmcginn.net/philosophical-events/
Philosophical Events - Colin McGinn
Dec 7, 2019 - Philosophical Events There are many types of event: physical, chemical, astronomical, biological, psychological, social, economic, historical, cultural. Each...
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https://colinmcginn.net/a-quick-argument-for-property-realism/
A Quick Argument for Property Realism - Colin McGinn
Jun 3, 2021 - A Quick Argument for Property Realism Property realism is the view that objects instantiate properties independently of mind or language. A standard argument...
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https://colinmcginn.net/annoying-atoms/
Annoying Atoms - Colin McGinn
Oct 23, 2024 - Annoying Atoms I have come to a rather grim conclusion: I don’t like atoms. Never have, never will. There is something so annoying about them. I wonder if I...
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https://colinmcginn.net/double-intentionality/
Double Intentionality - Colin McGinn
Jun 1, 2021 - Double Intentionality Brentano taught us to ask after the reference of a mental state: mental states are always “about” something, “directed at” something....
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https://colinmcginn.net/two-types-of-ee/
Two Types of EE - Colin McGinn
Oct 14, 2013 - Let "weak ethical egoism" be the doctrine that it is wrong to count other people's interests as having more weight than your own like interests, i.e. acting...
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https://colinmcginn.net/god-disproved-yet-again/
God disproved (yet again) - Colin McGinn
Oct 15, 2013 - Just when you think that, just conceivably, you might be overdoing the anti-religious diatribes, you read something like the article I came across last...
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