Thomas Nagel
Philosopher, Author
1937 –
Who is Thomas Nagel?
Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher, currently University 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.
Nagel is well known for his critique of reductionist accounts of the mind, particularly in his essay "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?", and for his contributions to deontological and liberal moral and political theory in The Possibility of Altruism and subsequent writings. Continuing his critique of reductionism, he is the author of Mind and Cosmos, in which he argues against a reductionist view, and specifically the neo-Darwinian view, of the emergence of consciousness.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1937
Belgrade - Also known as
- Τόμας Νέιγκελ
- 湯瑪斯·內格爾
- Нагель, Томас
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Cornell University
Philosophy
( - 1958) - PhD, Harvard University
Philosophy
(1960 - 1963) - Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Arts, Cornell University
- Employment
- New York University
- Lived in
- New York
(1980 - )
- New York
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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