Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
About Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagelis an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, where he taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2016.
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There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.
Thomas Nagel
American philosopher
Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
Thomas Nagel
American philosopher
Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.
Thomas Nagel
American philosopher
Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
Thomas Nagel
American philosopher