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

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

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

Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.

- 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…

- 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

Since I don't believe in externalism, I don't think it can explain consciousness!

- 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.

- Tim Crane

Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians.

- Tim Crane