Format:
1 Online-Ressource (281 pages)
ISBN:
9781317494188
Content:
In the first systematic study of the philosophy of Thomas Nagel, Alan Thomas discusses Nagel's contrast between the ""subjective"" and the ""objective"" points of view throughout the various areas of his wide ranging philosophy. Nagel's original and distinctive contrast between the subjective view and our aspiration to a ""view from nowhere"" within metaphysics structures the chapters of the book. A ""new Humean"" in epistemology, Nagel takes philosophical scepticism to be both irrefutable and yet to indicate a profound truth about our capacity for self-transcendence. The contrast between subj
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Subjective and objective; 2. Understanding, knowledge and reason; 3. Placing the mind in the physical world; 4. The possibility of altruism; 5. Practical objectivity, freedom and a realistic autonomy; 6. Normative ethics: Nagel's hybrid ethical theory; 7. Justice, equality and partiality; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781844650347
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781844650354
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thomas, Alan, 1948 - Thomas Nagel Stocksfield : Acumen, 2009 ISBN 1844650340
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1844650359
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781844650347
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781844650354
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Nagel, Thomas 1937-
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