What is it like to be a bat? / Thomas Nagel.
"This book is a fiftieth anniversary republication of Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?", a classic in the philosophy of mind. Through its argument for the irreducible subjectivity of consciousness, it played an essential role in making the study of consciousness a cen...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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Summary: | "This book is a fiftieth anniversary republication of Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?", a classic in the philosophy of mind. Through its argument for the irreducible subjectivity of consciousness, it played an essential role in making the study of consciousness a central part of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. It also spurred the now flourishing scientific attention to the consciousness of non-human creatures: mammals, birds, fish, mollusks, and insects. The book also includes a second essay offering Nagel's more recent thoughts on the most promising positive response to the mind-body problem, as posed in the original essay"-- |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 64 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780197752821 0197752829 9780197752807 0197752802 9780197752814 0197752810 |