"The View From Nowhere"

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"The View From Nowhere" is a philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that explores the tension between subjective experience and an objective, detached standpoint in understanding mind, morality, and reality.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
academicDiscipline epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
author Thomas Nagel ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores foundations of morality ⓘ
limits of objectivity ⓘ
nature of consciousness ⓘ
nature of reasons ⓘ
relationship between first-person and third-person perspectives ⓘ
tension between subjective and objective viewpoints ⓘ
genre analytic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ
debates on moral realism ⓘ
debates on objectivity in ethics ⓘ
discussions of the first-person perspective ⓘ
hasPerspective critical of purely objective standpoint ⓘ
critical of reductionism ⓘ
influencedBy G. E. Moore ⓘ
Henry Sidgwick ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
moral objectivity ⓘ
objectivity ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
practical reason ⓘ
self ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
notableConcept standpoint of objectivity ⓘ
subjective standpoint ⓘ
view from nowhere ⓘ
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1986 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
relatedWork Mortal Questions ⓘ
linked to: "Mortal Questions"

Mortal Questions (book by Thomas Nagel) ⓘ
What Does It All Mean? ⓘ

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