Thomas Nagel Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Thomas Nagel:

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.
~Thomas Nagel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-nagel-quotes/#007994ad

Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
~Thomas Nagel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-nagel-quotes/#d813b977

There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.
~Thomas Nagel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-nagel-quotes/#01439dc8

Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.
~Thomas Nagel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-nagel-quotes/#5dba4cf8

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