Thomas Nagel

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academic author human philosopher

Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → author → human → philosopher →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Bachelor of Philosophy → Doctor of Philosophy →
almaMater	Cornell University → Harvard University → University of Oxford →
awardReceived	Balzan Prize for Moral Philosophy → Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy →
citizenship	United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Yugoslavia →
dateOfBirth	1937-07-04 →
employer	New York University → Princeton University →
familyName	Nagel →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → ethics → metaphysics → moral philosophy → philosophy → philosophy of mind → political philosophy →
givenName	Thomas →
hasWork	"Equality and Partiality" → "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" → "Mortal Questions" → "The Possibility of Altruism" → "The View From Nowhere" → "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" →
knownFor	book "Equality and Partiality" → book "Mind and Cosmos" → book "Mortal Questions" → book "The Possibility of Altruism" → book "The View From Nowhere" → essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" →
language	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society →
name	Thomas Nagel →
nationality	American →
notableIdea	critique of reductionist accounts of consciousness → subjective and objective viewpoints distinction →
philosophicalSchool	analytic philosophy →
placeOfBirth	Belgrade →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University → Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University → University Professor at New York University →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Williams → John Rawls →	influenced
Thomas Nagel →	name