It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain' does entail 'I feel a pain'. So scepticism loses its force - cannot open up its… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have intense feelings of revenge. But these feelings would fade. In the end they're small and self-concerned. Only the… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain'… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have intense feelings… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
“The trouble is I have the religious temperament but I don't have the belief.” — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
Free will is the thing you have to have if you're going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That's what I mean by… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
You do what you do - in the circumstances in which you find yourself - because of the way you are. So if you're… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image