1950 - Today
Colin McGinn (born 10 March 1950) is a British philosopher. He has held teaching posts and professorships at University College London, the University of Oxford, Rutgers University, and the University of Miami.McGinn is best known for his work in philosophy of mind, and in particular for what is known as new mysterianism, the idea that the human mind is not equipped to solve the problem of consciousness. He has written over 20 books on this and other areas of philosophy, including The Character of Mind (1982), The Problem of Consciousness (1991), Consciousness and Its Objects (2004), and The Meaning of Disgust (2011).In 2013, McGinn resigned from his tenured position at the University of Miami after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin McGinn has received more than 239,041 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Colin McGinn is the 1,161st most popular philosopher (down from 1,081st in 2019), the 5,593rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,155th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Colin McGinn ranks 1,161 out of 1,081. Before him are Kwame Anthony Appiah, Stephen Walt, Will Kymlicka, Julia Annas, Alex Callinicos, and N. T. Wright. After him are Michel Weber, William A. Dembski, Alberto Jori, Taraneh Javanbakht, and Richard Carrier.
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 1,155
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,156
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 1,157
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 1,158
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 1,159
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 1,160
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 1,161
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.71
Rank: 1,162
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 1,163
1965 - Present
HPI: 33.81
Rank: 1,164
1974 - Present
HPI: 31.69
Rank: 1,165
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.21
Rank: 1,166
Among people born in 1950, Colin McGinn ranks 594. Before him are Nikolay Kruglov, Alan Rosenberg, Rahat Indori, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Radu Voina, and Scooter Libby. After him are Karen Joy Fowler, Tom Robinson, Richard Schoen, Roy Blunt, Bob Burns, and Kenneth Cockrell.
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 588
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 589
1950 - 2020
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 590
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 591
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 592
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 593
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 594
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 595
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Rank: 596
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 597
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 598
1950 - 2015
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 599
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 600
Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin McGinn ranks 5,593 out of 7,765. Before him are Dorothy Shirley (1939), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Stuart Christie (1946), Tom Burke (1981), Mel Charles (1935), and Tommy Gemmell (1943). After him are Robert Lindsay (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), Sophie Wilson (1957), Nigel Havers (1951), Samantha Power (1970), and Finn Jones (1988).
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 5,587
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 5,588
1946 - 2020
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 5,589
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,590
1935 - 2016
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 5,591
1943 - 2017
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 5,592
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 5,593
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 5,594
1844 - 1939
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 5,595
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 5,596
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 5,597
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 5,598
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 5,599
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Colin McGinn ranks 96. Before him are James Dunn (1939), Dugald Stewart (1753), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Richard Crashaw (1612), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), and N. T. Wright (1948).
1939 - 2020
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 90
1753 - 1828
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 91
1924 - 2019
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 92
1612 - 1649
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 93
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 94
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 95
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 96