Thomas Nagel

Biography

Quotes

  • Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
  • Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
  • I should not really object to dying were it not followed by death.
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