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title: "2 Militant Atheist Quotes By Tim Crane"
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> [I'm not a militant atheist, just an atheist. In fact, in a largely atheist country like the UK I think it's a bit silly to be a militant atheist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-m-not-a-militant-atheist-just-an-atheist-in-fact-in-a-largely/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

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> [I had abandoned Catholicism, but even during my short militant atheist period I maintained an interest in western religious art and music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-had-abandoned-catholicism-but-even-during-my-short-militant-atheist/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

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## More by Tim Crane

> [Science will always raise philosophical questions like, is any scientific theory or model correct? How do we know? Are unobserved things real? etc. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/science-will-always-raise-philosophical-questions-like-is-any/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/the-wine-itself-has-aesthetic-value-but-what-it-is-for-a-wine-to-have/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [One odd thing about the current debate between religious people and atheists is that the participants don't seem to care that they entirely fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/one-odd-thing-about-the-current-debate-between-religious-people-and/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [I do think that if you are trying to think empirically about the relationship between conscious experience and the underlying physical reality, wine provides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-do-think-that-if-you-are-trying-to-think-empirically-about-the/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [I'm not a militant atheist, just an atheist. In fact, in a largely atheist country like the UK I think it's a bit silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-m-not-a-militant-atheist-just-an-atheist-in-fact-in-a-largely/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [I think you can have a science of the taste of chicken soup, or the taste of Chateau Latour. My point is only that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-think-you-can-have-a-science-of-the-taste-of-chicken-soup-or-the/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [Naturalism is a methodological rather than a metaphysical view. It's because I am a naturalist, actually, that I am sceptical about physicalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/naturalism-is-a-methodological-rather-than-a-metaphysical-view-it-s/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [Music is one of my big interests - I once had a rather fanciful ambition to be a singer - and of course music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/music-is-one-of-my-big-interests-i-once-had-a-rather-fanciful/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [Although a lot of my work on the mind has been rather abstract and philosophical, I'm interested in psychology and neuroscience and I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/although-a-lot-of-my-work-on-the-mind-has-been-rather-abstract-and/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [A real naturalistic approach, I would claim, should take the reality of mental representation as a natural fact. A lot can be said about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/a-real-naturalistic-approach-i-would-claim-should-take-the-reality-of/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/i-have-a-general-moral-great-philosophers-may-be-great-but-that-is/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [We have no proper understanding of the relationship between conscious thought and conscious sensation. The various forms of thought and sensation are underpinned by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/we-have-no-proper-understanding-of-the-relationship-between-conscious/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [The thing I think I have learned from Wittgenstein is the importance of not making things up: philosophers should not invent problems, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/the-thing-i-think-i-have-learned-from-wittgenstein-is-the-importance/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/wine-is-not-discovered-but-made-it-is-an-artifact-that-can-be/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

> [Problems come and go over time, and to understand why is a difficult historical task. If one wanted to find the origin of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/problems-come-and-go-over-time-and-to-understand-why-is-a-difficult/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

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