James Camien McGuiggan

James Camien McGuiggan is a critic for The Journal of Music and an independent scholar. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton on R G Collingwood’s philosophy of art, and also has research interests in metaphilosophy, political philosophy and ethics.

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Written by James Camien McGuiggan

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Knowledge

Meaning beyond definition

In science our concepts have neat, hard edges. In poetry our concepts stretch and expand. Both are necessary for knowledge

James Camien McGuiggan