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

If you want the truth rather than merely something to say, you will have a good deal less to say.

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.

The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes

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

I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology.