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The View From Nowhere

Paperback • 1989 • English

The View From Nowhere

By Thomas Nagel

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About the book

Human beings have the unique ability to view the world in a detached way: We can think about the world in terms that transcend our own experience or interest, and consider the world from a vantage point that is, in Nagel's words, "nowhere in particular". At the same time, each of us is a particular person in a particular place, each with his own "personal" view of the world, a view that we can recognize as just one aspect of the whole. How do we reconcile these two standpoints--intellectually, m...Show more

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9780195056440

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published year

1989

Language

English

Original title

The View From Nowhere

Format

Paperback

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