Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel's contribution to philosophy over the past forty years has been enormously influential. In the first sustained examination of Nagel's ideas, Alan Thomas provides readers with a detailed exploration of the central dichotomy around which Nagel organizes his philosophy: the concern over how to reconcile "subjective" and "objective" views of the world.

Thomas begins by clarifying and defending Nagel's basic metaphysical contrast between subjective and objective ways of thinking abou...