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Author photo. Thomas Nagel teaching an undergraduate course in ethics at New York University.

Thomas Nagel teaching an undergraduate course in ethics at New York University.

Thomas Nagel

Author of What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

Includes the names: Thomas Nagel, Thomas T. Nagel, Philosoph Thomas Nagel, Philosoph Thomas Nagel, By (author) Thomas Nagel

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Works by Thomas Nagel

What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy 671 copies, 9 reviews
The View From Nowhere 384 copies, 2 reviews
Mortal Questions 357 copies, 2 reviews
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is… 268 copies, 9 reviews
The Last Word 164 copies, 1 review
The Possibility of Altruism 125 copies
Equality and Partiality 79 copies, 1 review
Other Minds: Critical Essays 1969-1994 59 copies
The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice 57 copies, 1 review
Concealment and Exposure: And Other Essays 48 copies
Equality and Preferential Treatment 26 copies, 1 review
The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion (Editor) 21 copies
Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament: Essays 2002-2008 20 copies
Marx, Justice and History (Editor) 18 copies

Die Grenzen der Objektivität: Philosophische Vorlesungen 13 copies

War and Moral Responsibility (Editor) 13 copies, 1 review

Medicine and Moral Philosophy (Editor) 12 copies, 1 review

'Storm Over Young Goethe' in NYRB, 26 April 2012 [review of Corngold's tr… 7 copies

What is it like to be a bat? 6 copies

Le Point de vue de nulle part 4 copies

Vaade eikusagilt 3 copies

Die Erforschung der "Gehirnbewegungen" in medizinhistorischer Sicht 2 copies

Visão a Partir de Lugar Nenhum 2 copies, 1 review

È possibile una giustizia globale? 2 copies

'Legal violations' in TLS 5329, 20 May 2005 [review of MacKinnon's… 1 copy

'What Peter Singer Wants of You' in NYRB 57/5, 25 March 2010 [review of… 1 copy

Posibilitatea altruismului (Romanian Edition) 1 copy

'The view from here and now' in LRB 28/9, 11 May 2006 [review of various… 1 copy

'Why so cross?' in LRB 21/7: 1 April 1999 1 copy

Ensayos sobre la vida humana (Coleccin Popular) (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy 1 copy

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Also by Thomas Nagel

Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (Contributor) 206 copies, 2 reviews
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (Contributor) 126 copies, 1 review
Essays on Aristotle's Ethics (Contributor) 109 copies
Applied Ethics (Contributor) 89 copies, 1 review
Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent (Contributor) 82 copies, 1 review
Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (Contributor) 46 copies, 1 review
Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will (Contributor) 27 copies
Philosophical Issues: A Contemporary Introduction (Contributor) 13 copies
Reading Metaphysics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Reading… (Contributor) 10 copies
Reading Ethics (Reading Philosophy) (Contributor) 6 copies

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