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Series: Philosophy & Critical Theory
The View from Nowhere — Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel examines the tension between personal experience and an objective view of the world.
He asks how a person’s particular standpoint can fit within an account that includes everyone.
This problem appears in questions about consciousness, knowledge, freedom, and ethics.
Greater detachment can reveal some features of reality while obscuring others.
The book investigates how subjective and objective perspectives might be reconciled without erasing either.
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Philosophy & Critical Theory