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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]
Jul 16, 2013 · Thomas Nagel: Thoughts Are Real. By Richard Brody. July 16, 2013. The philosopher Thomas Nagel’s new book, “Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost...
THOMAS NAGEL (B.A. Cornell 1958; B.Phil. Oxford 1960; Ph.D. Harvard 1963), University Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Law. He specializes in Political Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Mind.
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….
Thomas Nagel is sometimes regarded as one of the most interesting American philosophers of the last few decades, and I believe he rightly deserves this note. He has managed to accomplish a rare thing;
Thomas Nagel is Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, and a member of the American Philosophical Society.
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.
Thomas Nagel’s widely recognized writings span from metaphysics and epistemology to the philosophy of mind, normative ethics, and political philosophy. Though Nagel has promoted the idea of the duty of assistance to the world’s worst off, he rejects the idea of global justice in favor of sustaining the locus of justice within states.
Feb 5, 2024 · Nagel then proceeds to differentiate moral progress from scientific progress, as well as offering a metaphysically robust external conception of moral realism along Platonic lines from a more earthbound, internalist, and secular conception of moral realism.
Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher, currently University Professor and Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, where he has taught since 1980. His main areas of philosophical interest are philosophy of mind, political philosophy and ethics.
