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Thomas Nagel (Belgrado, Yugoslavia, 4 de julio de 1937) es un filósofo estadounidense, que es profesor de Filosofía y Derecho en la Universidad de Nueva York (NYU). Sus trabajos se han centrado en filosofía de la mente, filosofía política y ética.
Thomas Nagel ( / ˈneɪɡəl /; born July 4, 1937) is an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, [3] where he has taught since 1980, retiring in 2016. [4] His main areas of philosophical interest are legal philosophy, political philosophy, and ethics.
Nagel dice estar interesado por un ethos «más o menos científico», detesta una filosofía dominada por «la ignorancia, la incompetencia o la propaganda política» y desdeña el papel del intelectual como figura pública.
The American philosopher Thomas Nagel was one of the first contemporary moral philosophers to challenge Hume’s thesis that reason alone is incapable of motivating moral action. In The Possibility of Altruism (1969), he argued that, if Hume’s thesis is true, then the ordinary idea of prudence—i.e., the idea….
Thomas Nagel is a renowned philosopher who specializes in political philosophy, ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. He has authored several books and received many awards and honors, including the Balzan Prize in Moral Philosophy and an honorary degree from Oxford.
La mente y el cosmos de Thomas Nagel es una obra heterodoxa y atre-vida. El subtítulo lo expresa en su totalidad: Por qué la concepción neo-darwi-nista materialista de la naturaleza es, casi con certeza, falsa.
5 de feb. de 2024 · John Cottingham reviews Nagel's latest book, which explores the tension between consequentialism and individual rights in moral judgements. He praises Nagel's clear and incisive style, and his realist conception of morality.
