# Colin Mcginn

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Do Human Brains Have Free Will?

Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls.   Free will seems the simplest of notions. Why then is free will so vexing to philosophers? Here's why: no one knows how free will works! Science, seemingly, permits no "gaps" in which free will can operate.   Thi…

Exploring the Mysteries of Consciousness: Asking Life’s Big Questions

Ep. 181 (Part 1 of 2) | Robert Lawrence Kuhn, producer of the popular PBS series Closer to Truth, which explores consciousness, the mystery of existence, and related topics with an open-minded approach, recently authored a remarkable article: “A Landscape of Consciousness,” in which he surveyed ove…

The Existential Dilemma

What is the core dilemma that every human being has to face? What is the meaning of life? Erik Ogard has co-authored a book with his late father entitled "The Existential Dilemma." This episode features a mind-bending discussion on God, atheism, Jesus, and anxiety. Please share with friends! Purc…

March 10, 2026

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Appreciation Day; International Lime Day; Salvation Army Day; Birthday of Tom Scholz; Birthday of Colin McGinn; Corporate America, by Tom Scholz.

Unpaywalled: The science of Johann Hari

We are sorry we’ve been missing so many episodes recently! Stuart’s been busy and Tom’s been… also busy. We’re busy. Hopefully back to normal service next week. In the meantime, here’s an old paid episode, unpaywalled. Apologies. … Johann Hari is a journalist with an interesting past who has now w…

Sexual Ethics on Campus: Consent and Power | Colin McGinn

Colin McGinn joins to discuss sexual ethics on campus. Drawing on thought experiments and his own experiences in academia, McGinn argues that universities too often conflate harassment with consensual relationships while overstating the role of power imbalances. He explains why he believes current …

Your Mind Is a Miracle: Evidence for God

Can science ever explain why you have an inner life — thoughts, feelings, creativity — and not just a brain full of chemical reactions? In this episode of Faith and Science, we dig into consciousness as one of the strongest cases for evidence for God, exploring how naturalism struggles to account f…

Why We May Never Understand Consciousness | Colin McGinn on Mind and Language

Please help us continue having these discussions by supporting us over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SolomonSmith Thinkers mentioned: Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Jerry Fodor, Charles Darwin, Paul Grice, Fred Dretske, Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Saul Kripke, Richard Montague,…

Consciousness is NOT an illusion... REALITY IS | William Seager

Please help us continue having these discussions on Patreon, or follow us on other Podcast channels here: https://linktr.ee/solomon_smith 00:00:00 Intro 00:07:38 Why Does Consciousness Break Science 00:10:40 Is Life Special? Biophychism: Is Life Consciousness? 00:14:40 Are Observations (…