The Philosopher
Thomas Nagel
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- American
- Schools:
- Analytic, Postanalytic
- Period:
- Contemporary philosophy
The synopsis
The works
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
The View from Nowhere
Mind and Cosmos
The Possibility of Altruism
The quotes
Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.
Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.