Description
About the Author
Dr. Thomas Nagel is a Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University.
Reviews
Review from previous edition "Nagel's book is a ringing defense of the rationalist conception of reason, and an uncompromising attack on the subjectivist conception...The case that Nagel presents in these chapters should disturb all those who have been lulled, or bludgeoned, into the flabby relativism that is so rampant in contemporary intellectual culture..Nagel's argument is not only correct, it is also urgent...The Last Word is a book that should be read and pondered in this golden age of relativism." * Colin McGinn, The New Republic *
"Thomas Nagel stands out among today's best philosophers in retaining closer links with big puzzles and mysteries that first attract most people to philosophy. He has a livelier sense of their depth and power than is conspicuous elsewhere in the academic study of philosophy, and admirably resists the widespread tendency to dent a thing's existence because it is difficult or perhaps impossible to understand." * The Times Literary Supplement *
"...(Nagel's) book, which is concise, spare, and well-argued, will prolong discussion by setting it on a new path...what he has to say is challenging, impressive, and thought-provoking." * International Philosophical Quarterly *
"...now comes Professor Nagel's fascinating, even brilliant, book..." * Commonweal *
Book Information
ISBN 9780195149838
Author Thomas Nagel
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 141mm * 208mm * 13mm