McGinn on Cognitive Closure

cognitive closure, Colin McGinn, consciousness, mind body, philosophy of mind, steven pinker

Since I’m very much in “cognitive closure” mode and am immersed in the work of Colin McGinn, I thought I’d post this brief chat. Having read most of McGinn’s philosophy of mind, I couldn’t characterize his work better than Steven Pinker: “McGinn is an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream.” Reading McGinn is akin to the pleasure that one gets from reading Nozick and Clark – fireworks and clarity!