--- title: "1 Truth Virtue Quotes By Tim Crane" description: "1 Truth Virtue quotes by Tim Crane. Plus more from Tim Crane and more Truth Virtue sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/tim-crane-19350_better-place_would-it-be-better-if-religions-were-to_1509160.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/would-it-be-better-if-religions-were-to-disappear-i-have-no-idea/) [Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/tim-crane-19350_better-place_would-it-be-better-if-religions-were-to_1509160.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth-virtue/tim-crane/#itemlist", "name": "1 Truth Virtue Quotes By Tim Crane", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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