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Jan 01, 2012 mind and cosmos was the first book of philosophy i have read in over a year, and was my first encounter with a scholarly contribution to the ongoing debate between the materialist, neodarwinian understanding of nature on the one hand, and the theories that find such an account of nature unconvincing. Description mind and cosmos in mind and cosmos thomas nagel. Aug 18, 20 thomas nagel is university professor in the department of philosophy and the school of law at new york university. In 2012, philosopher thomas nagel published a book called mind and cosmos.
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mindrelated features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value this failure to. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. He is a university professor of philosophy and law, emeritus, at new york university, where he taught from 1980 to 2016. Thomas nagel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
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