Honderich/McGinn Dispute Makes the New York Times!

Here.  The article reports:

Speculating on why The Philosophical Review published the critique, Mr. Honderich said it might have to do with “my moral defense of Palestinian terrorism against neo-Zionism,” or “my Zionism.”

This is obviously ludicrous, and I am surprised Professor Honderich would make such a claim.  But perhaps he was misquoted.

For the earlier installments on this dispute, see (in order) here, here, and here.

For the benefit of NY Times readers, who may be misled by the institutional affiliations of the disputants, it is probably worth noting that Professor McGinn is, indeed, as the editor of the Philosophical Review reported, a leading authority on consciousness and the philosophy of mind, who, prior to his move to the very good Miami department, held appointments at Oxford and at Rutgers (the #2 department in the US, and one of the top departments in the world).