Although a lot of my work on the mind has been rather abstract and philosophical, I'm interested in psychology and neuroscience and I don't think there are any principled distinctions between the kind of knowledge we get from science and the knowledge we get from philosophy.
There are no a priori obstacles to the scientific knowledge of the mind, but the scientific knowledge of the mind is not all the knowledge of the min… - Tim Crane
There are no a priori obstacles to the scientific knowledge of the mind, but the scientific knowledge of the mind is not all the knowledge of the min…
- Tim Crane
If I was going to sum up my approach to this whole mind issue, I would say this: the question is often formulated in a very bad way - for example, by… - Tim Crane
If I was going to sum up my approach to this whole mind issue, I would say this: the question is often formulated in a very bad way - for example, by…
Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity. - Tim Crane
Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.
Would it be better if religions were to disappear? I have no idea. Since I do not have any confidence in the association of truth with virtue, I am n… - Tim Crane
Would it be better if religions were to disappear? I have no idea. Since I do not have any confidence in the association of truth with virtue, I am n…
I do think that philosophy and science are very different intellectual enterprises, but that does not mean that when we get knowledge from philosophy… - Tim Crane
I do think that philosophy and science are very different intellectual enterprises, but that does not mean that when we get knowledge from philosophy…
Since I don't believe in externalism, I don't think it can explain consciousness! - Tim Crane
Since I don't believe in externalism, I don't think it can explain consciousness!
Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians. - Tim Crane
Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians.
Music is one of my big interests - I once had a rather fanciful ambition to be a singer - and of course music is philosophically fascinating. What it… - Tim Crane
Music is one of my big interests - I once had a rather fanciful ambition to be a singer - and of course music is philosophically fascinating. What it…
I have a general moral: great philosophers may be great, but that is not a reason to follow them. Don't be a follower. Work it out for yourself. - Tim Crane
I have a general moral: great philosophers may be great, but that is not a reason to follow them. Don't be a follower. Work it out for yourself.
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