People 

Thomas Nagel 1938 United States 

Encyclopedia Entries

 Nagel and intersubjectivity in Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Thomas Nagel,  Internet Encyclopedia of Philosoph

Thomas Nagel, Biography.com

Questions of 

A rationalist,  Nagel tries to reconcile the subjective and personal elements of human life with the urge to achieve objective and impersonal truths about life and value.

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Writing available on the net

"Concealment and Exposure"

"Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem" [PDF]

Also

 The Possibility of Altruism (1970)

"Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness" (1971) 

"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" (1974). 

The View from Nowhere (1989) 

What Does It All Mean: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford, 1987) ; 

Mortal Questions (Cambridge, 1991)

The Last Word (Oxford, 1996)

Other Minds: Critical Essays 1969-1994 (Oxford, 1999)

Equality and Partiality (Oxford, 2001) .

 

Commentaries

Justin Leiber.

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