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What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2024
193 kr
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A 50th anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of 20th Century philosophy“Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.” So begins Thomas Nagel's classic 1974 essay “What is it Like to be a Bat?” Nagel's essay initiated the now widespread attention …
Jämlikhet och partiskhet
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 2026
228 kr
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I ”Jämlikhet och partiskhet” från 1991 undersöker Thomas Nagel villkoren för politisk legitimitet. Han tänker sig att det i sin renaste form kräver att man rättfärdigar det politiska systemet inför alla som måste leva i det. Samtidigt betonar han att vi lever i en värld präglad av kväljande …
Mind and Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2012
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (6)
721 kr
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In Mind and Cosmos Thomas Nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenable. The mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodies. If materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of …
Possibility of Altruism
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 1979
579 kr
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Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.
What Does It All Mean?
A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 1988
529 kr
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Most people think about philosophical problems without realizing it: What really exists? Can we know anything? Is anything really right or wrong? Does life have any meaning? Is death the end of everything? These problems have been written about for thousands of years, but the philosophical raw …
Mortal Questions
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 2012
265 kr
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Thomas Nagel's Mortal Questions explores some fundamental issues concerning the meaning, nature and value of human life. Questions about our attitudes to death, sexual behaviour, social inequality, war and political power are shown to lead to more obviously philosophical problems about personal …
Other Minds
Critical Essays 1969-1994
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 1995
2123 kr
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A collection of previously published essays and reviews by the internationally acclaimed writer on Philosophy, Thomas Nagel. It contains writings on philosophy of mind and on ethics and political philosophy from the past twenty-five years.
The Last Word
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 1997
2174 kr
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If there is such a thing as reason, it has to be universal - it must work the same way for everyone. Reason must reflect objective principles whose validity is independent of our point of view. To reason is to think systematically in ways that anyone looking on ought to be able to recognize as …
The Myth of Ownership
Taxes and Justice
Häftad, 2004
711 kr
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In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as …
Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2023
255 kr
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This volume presents two closely related essays by Thomas Nagel: “Gut Feelings and Moral Knowledge” and “Moral Reality and Moral Progress.” Both essays are concerned with moral epistemology and our means of access to moral truth; both are concerned with moral realism and with the resistance to …
The Last Word
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 2003
667 kr
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In The Last Word, Thomas Nagel, a leading philosopher and Professor of Law, presents a sustained defense of reason against the attacks of subjectivism, delivering systematic rebuttals against its many relativistic claims in the fields of language, logic, ethics, and science. He proposes that reason …
The View from Nowhere
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 1989
590 kr
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Much philosophical debate has attempted to reconcile the human capacity to view the world both objectively and subjectively. Thomas Nagel's ambitious and lively book tackles this fundamental issue, arguing that our divided nature is the root of a whole range of philosophical problems, touching, as …
Analytic Philosophy and Human Life
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2023
310 kr
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This book collects Thomas Nagel's recent philosophical reflections on topics of fundamental interest: ethics, moral psychology, science and religion, death, the holocaust, and the metaphysics of mind. Among the figures discussed are Peter Singer, Alvin Plantinga, Christine Korsgaard, Tony Judt, …
What Does It All Mean?
A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 1989
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
462 kr
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In this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy, the distinguished author of Mortal Questions and The View From Nowhere sets forth the central problems of philosophical inquiry for the beginning student. Arguing that the best way to learn about philosophy is to think about its questions …
Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament
Essays 2002-2008
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2010
734 kr
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This volume collects recent essays and reviews by Thomas Nagel in three subject areas. The first section, including the title essay, is concerned with religious belief and some of the philosophical questions connected with it, such as the relation between religion and evolutionary theory, the …
Analytic Philosophy and Human Life
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2023
245 kr
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This book collects Thomas Nagel''s recent philosophical reflections on topics of fundamental interest: ethics, moral psychology, science and religion, death, the holocaust, and the metaphysics of mind. Among the figures discussed are Peter Singer, Alvin Plantinga, Christine Korsgaard, Tony Judt, …
Analytic Philosophy and Human Life
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2023
245 kr
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This book collects Thomas Nagel''s recent philosophical reflections on topics of fundamental interest: ethics, moral psychology, science and religion, death, the holocaust, and the metaphysics of mind. Among the figures discussed are Peter Singer, Alvin Plantinga, Christine Korsgaard, Tony Judt, …
Concealment and Exposure
And Other Essays
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2004
522 kr
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Thomas Nagel is widely recognized as one of the top American philosophers working today. Reflecting the diversity of his many philosophical preoccupations, this volume is a collection of his most recent critical essays and reviews. The first section, Public and Private, focuses on the notion of …
Equality and Partiality
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 1991
3131 kr
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The conflict between the claims of the group and those of the individual is one of the most fundamental problems in moral and political theory. Nagel here attempts to clarify the nature of the conflict and to show that its reconciliation is the essential task of any legitimate political …
Equality and Partiality
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 1995
1096 kr
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This collection of essays, based on the Locke Lectures that Nagel delivered at Oxford University in 1990, addresses the conflict between the claims of the group and those of the individual. Nagel attempts to clarify the nature of the conflict - one of the most fundamental problems in moral and …
Other Minds
Critical Essays 1969-1994
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 1999
1318 kr
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Over the past twenty-five years, Thomas Nagel has played a major role in the philosophico-biological debate on subjectivity and consciousness. This extensive collection of published essays and reviews offers Nagel's opinionated views on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and political …
Concealment and Exposure
And Other Essays
Av Thomas Nagel
Inbunden, 2002
858 kr
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Thomas Nagel is widely recognized as one of the top American philosophers working today. Reflecting the diversity of his many philosophical preoccupations, this volume is a collection of his most recent critical essays and reviews.The first section, Public and Private, focuses on the notion of …
Concealment and Exposure
And Other Essays
Av Thomas Nagel
Häftad, 2004
764 kr
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Thomas Nagel is widely recognized as one of the top American philosophers working today. Reflecting the diversity of his many philosophical preoccupations, this volume is a collection of his most recent critical essays and reviews.The first section, Public and Private, focuses on the notion of …
Other Minds
Critical Essays 1969-1994
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 1995
825 kr
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Over the past twenty-five years, Thomas Nagel has played a major role in the philosophico-biological debate on subjectivity and consciousness. This extensive collection of published essays and reviews offers Nagel''s opinionated views on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and political …
Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2023
212 kr
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This volume presents two closely related essays by Thomas Nagel: ?Gut Feelings and Moral Knowledge? and ?Moral Reality and Moral Progress.? Both essays are concerned with moral epistemology and our means of access to moral truth; both are concerned with moral realism and with the resistance to …
Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2023
212 kr
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This volume presents two closely related essays by Thomas Nagel: ?Gut Feelings and Moral Knowledge? and ?Moral Reality and Moral Progress.? Both essays are concerned with moral epistemology and our means of access to moral truth; both are concerned with moral realism and with the resistance to …
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2024
147 kr
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A 50th anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of 20th Century philosophy “Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.” So begins Thomas Nagel''s classic 1974 essay “What is it Like to be a Bat?” Nagel''s essay initiated the now widespread …
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 2024
147 kr
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A 50th anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of 20th Century philosophy “Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.” So begins Thomas Nagel''s classic 1974 essay “What is it Like to be a Bat?” Nagel''s essay initiated the now widespread …
Equality and Partiality
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 1995
668 kr
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Derived from Thomas Nagel''s Locke Lectures, Equality and Partiality proposes a nonutopian account of political legitimacy, based on the need to accommodate both personal and impersonal motives in any credible moral theory, and therefore in any political theory with a moral foundation. Within each …
Last Word
Av Thomas Nagel
E-bok, 1997
343 kr
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If there is such a thing as reason, it has to be universal. Reason must reflect objective principles whose validity is independent of our point of view--principles that anyone with enough intelligence ought to be able to recognize as correct. But this generality of reason is what relativists and …
