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Thomas Nagel ( / ˈneɪɡəl /; born July 4, 1937) is an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, [3] where he taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2016. [4] . His main areas of philosophical interest are political philosophy, ethics and philosophy of mind. [5]
The American philosopher Thomas Nagel was one of the first contemporary moral philosophers to challenge Hume’s thesis that reason alone is incapable of motivating moral action. In The Possibility of Altruism (1969), he argued that, if Hume’s thesis is true, then the ordinary idea of prudence—i.e., the idea….
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (1979).
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Jul 16, 2013 · The philosopher Thomas Nagel’s new book, “Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False,” restores the primal force of a great old ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Thomas Nagel, Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress. Oxford University Press, 2023. 72 pp., ISBN 9780197690888. BOOK REVIEW; Published: 05 February 2024; Volume 61, pages 357–359, (2024) Cite this article
Jun 29, 2024 · Thomas Nagel. (b. 1937) Quick Reference. (1937– ) American moral and political theorist. Born in the former Yugoslavia, Nagel was educated at Cornell, Oxford, and Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1966 to 1980, and subsequently at New York University.
Tom Nagel (born October 27, 1980) is an American actor noted for his roles in direct-to-video films, such as The Butcher, The Apocalypse, Pirates of Treasure Island, and Hillside Cannibals. According to IMDb, Nagel left the U.S. Navy and settled in Los Angeles, where he began his film career.
