Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.

Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians.

One philosophically fascinating aspect of Catholicism is the very strange conception of reality it presents (the incarnation, the eucharist, judgement day etc.).

I do think that philosophy and science are very different intellectual enterprises, but that does not mean that when we get knowledge from philosophy it is a different kind of knowledge.

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 it out for yourself.

Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically

Since I don't believe in externalism, I don't think it can explain consciousness!

I like to think of myself as a naturalist - insofar as that term is at all clear.

Unlike art which contains a message, wine conveys nothing, it has no intellectual or cognitive content

The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to the experience to tasting it

Naturalism is a methodological rather than a metaphysical view. It's because I am a naturalist, actually, that I am sceptical about physicalism.

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers.

If my last supper was ever going to be cooked by a chef, it would have to be Thomas Keller.

Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.

The first thing a fascist regime does is burn books. To not have them around would mean to make sure they're not written in the first place.

This is what The Qur'an and the Bible have been prophesying - the end of a world of evil and injustice: We are at that time, now.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.

We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.

Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work out your think.

I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!