Other Minds - Critical Essays 1969-1994

Zusatztext Nagel is a tough-minded thinker; generous in praise of what he regards as first-rate philosophy but forthright in criticism of what he views as evasive, pretentious or self-serving. His critical judgements show a powerful mind at work ... He is also a creative thinker ... Nagel's is a mind to be taken seriously. Klappentext 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 philosophy! as well as on fellow philosophers like Freud! Wittgenstein! Rawls! Dennet! Chomsky! Searle! Nozick! Dworkin! and MacIntyre. Two collections of compelling essays, by an internationally acclaimed philosopher Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Thomas Nagel, Thomas (Professor of Philosophy and Law Nagel, Nagel Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.1995
• EAN: 9780195090086
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509008-6
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of Mind, c 1960 to c 1970, Western philosophy from c 1800, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -