Colin McGinn - Secular Philosophy and Skepticism - a podcast by Center for Inquiry

Colin McGinn, educated at Oxford University, is the author of sixteen
previous books, including The Making of a Philosopher. He has written
for the London Review of Books, The New Republic, the New York Times Book Review,
and other publications. He has taught philosophy at University College
of London, Oxford, and Rutgers University, and is a distinguished
professor of philosophy at the University of Miami. He is best known
for his work in the philosophy of mind, but has published across the
subjects of modern philosophy. He was featured in Bill Moyers' series Faith and Reason on PBS and also Jonathan Miller's Atheism Tapes, a BBC documentary series.



In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, Colin McGinn explores various
kinds of skepticism, giving his concerns about radical fallibilism and
certain post-modern critiques of knowledge. He explains how he is
certain that ghosts and Gods don't exist. He details how atheistic the
profession of philosophy is, and how the tolerance shown while
philosophers criticize each other serves as a model for good
citizenship. He tells the reasons that led to his religious skepticism
and atheism. He examines William Shakespeare as a philosopher, the
problem of evil in Shakespeare's plays, and other philosophical
subjects found in Shakespeare such as epistemology, ethics, life after
death, happiness and the meaning of life. He also explains how getting
into Shakespeare as a professional philosopher impacted his philosophy.

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