Books by Colin (Professor of Philosophy McGinn

In this study of the nature of philosophy, Colin McGinn shows us how philosophy can maintain its connection to the past while looking forward to a bright future.

In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics.

A general introduction to the philosophy of mind, covering all the main topics: the mind-body problem; the nature of acquaintance; the relation between thought and language; agency; and the self.

'Knowledge and Reality' brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, whose unifying theme is the relation between the mind and the world. He has written a new postscript to each essay, placing it in its philosophical context and offering his current reflections on the topic.

This book discusses the lives of major 20th-century philosophers, topics in the philosophy of mind, and ethics. It is accessible to the general reader who wants to know what has happened in philosophy in the last two decades.

Aimed at those interested in ethics or in the links between philosophy and literature, this book brings together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers new insights for both. Examining the relations between morality, art, and beauty, the author that morality is an area of objective truth and genuine knowledge.