- Thomas Nagel
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- Series: Philosophy Now
- Author(s):
Alan Thomas
- ISBN: 1844650359
- ISBN-13: 9781844650354
- Publication Date: 31/12/2008
- Pages: 288 (216 x 138mm)
- Format: Paperback
- Published Price: £16.99
- Discount Price: £13.59
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DESCRIPTION:
Thomas Nagel’s contribution to philosophy over the past forty years has been enormously influential. In this book, the first sustained examination of Nagel’s ideas, Alan Thomas provides readers with a detailed exploration of the central dichotomy around which Nagel organizes his philosophy: the concern over how to reconcile the “subjective” and “objective” views of the world. Thomas begins by clarifying and defending Nagel’s basic metaphysical contrast between subjective and objective ways of thinking about the world. He shows how a proper understanding of radically perspectival views of the world allows one to defend some of Nagel’s most important claims about the mind: his influential work in the philosophy of mind is traced from his early paper on physicalism to his recent defence of a form of dual aspect theory. Thomas then turns the argument to ethics, where Nagel’s influence is pre-eminent, and the development of his views is traced from his contrast between subject and objective reasons in his early work to his later hybrid ethical theory. The volume concludes with an examination of Nagel’s political philosophy, particularly his recent controversial work on global justice.
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REVIEWS:
"A welcome and timely addition to Acumen's Philosophy Now series. Nagel richly deserves to have his significant insights brought to the attention of an even wider readership. Alan Thomas provides this service in an informed and highly professional work." – International Journal of Philosophical Studies
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AUTHOR BIO:
Alan Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Kent.
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CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Subjective and Objective
2. Knowledge and Reality
3. The Conscious Mind and Place in Nature
4. The Possibility of Altruism
5. Practical Objectivity, Freedom and a Realistic Autonomy
6. Normative Ethics
7. Political Philosophy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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