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A philosopher is someone who says, "We know it's possible in practice; we're trying to work out if it's possible in principle!"

— Daniel Dennett Breaking the Spell (2006)

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Go ahead and believe in God, if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.

The distinction between responsible moral agents and beings with diminished or no responsibility is coherent, real, and important.

Elbow Room (1984)

Wherever there is a conscious mind, there is a point of view.

Time and the observer (1995)

Every human mind you've ever looked at … is a product not just of natural selection but of cultural redesign of enormous proportions.

Kinds of Minds (1996)

Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (2005)

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