British Philosopher Colin McGinn talked to Point of Inquiry with DJ Grothe. My brief notes don't do justice to this hour long talk.
- philosophical scepticism
- I'm not an extreme sceptic
- there is no certain knowledge but there is reliable knowledge
- certain that god and ghosts does not exist - no evidence produced over 100 years
- secular philosophy - non religious - vast majority of philosphers teaching in USA and UK are agnostics or atheists
- a very small minority of philosophers are religious - not a growing group
- tolerance - tolerant of people - but not tolerant of their beliefs
- should not persecuate them - that is bad, criticism is good what you do to ideas
- most academic philosophers do not talk about religion - its a dead subject - ethically and politically it is a hot topic. What will America be like when it is post-theist?
- Stunned by resurgence of religous belief.
- When education is increased and indoctrination is reduced - America will reduce religious belief
- If children were not indoctrinated - people would not come much to religion
- evolution is a major reason to remove existence of god
- no reason to believe in god, unicorns, fairies, ufo etc
- physcological reasons for belief in god - no evidence for god
- Philosophy of Shakespeare
- evil people
- death is a real thing - nothing beyond life
- connect philosophy to sport, film - philosophy should not be 'dry' - infuse it with real life
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