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Mind and Cosmos
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. …
Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith
John Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed extraordinary light on the subject. A Brief Inquiry …
The Possibility of Altruism
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, …
Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament
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 …
Der Tod - Untersuchung Des Textes Von Thomas Nagel
Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress
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 …
What Is It Like to Be a Bat? / Wie ist es, eine Fledermaus zu sein?
Other Minds
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 …
Das Leib-Seele-Problem bei Thomas Nagel
Models of Thermochemical Heat Storage
Thermochemical gas-solid reactions, as well as adsorption processes, are currently of significant interest for the design of heat storage systems. This book provides detailed …
View From Nowhere
Human beings have the unique ability to view the world in a detached way: We can think about the world in terms that transcend our own experience or interest, and consider the …