Materialism is incomplete even as a theory of the physical world, since the physical world includes conscious organisms among its most striking occupants.

Everyone is entitled to commit murder in the imagination once in a while, not to mention lesser infractions.

Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.

To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how to decide what to believe.

Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself.

It seems to me that, as it is usually presented, the current orthodoxy about the cosmic order is the product of governing assumptions that are unsupported, and that it flies in the face of common sense.

What is it like to be a bat? What is it like for a bat to be a bat?