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 not sure if the world would be a better place if people believed more true things. But what is undeniable is that we cannot understand our own culture unless we recognise that it was formed, for good or bad, as a Christian culture. It's an illusion that we could somehow recover a human essence which is independent of the way it was created by culture.
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…
- 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
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…
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…
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…
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!
Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity. - Tim Crane
Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.
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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