Books by Thomas (Professor of Philosophy and Law Nagel

In The Last Word, leading philosopher Thomas Nagel presents a timely and vigorous defense of reason against the fashionable relativism that is all-too-pervasive in contemporary intellectual culture. His construction of a coherent framework beyond subjectivism is refreshing, erudite, and impressive, and should generate intense interest both within and without the philosophical community.

Since the early 1970s, Thomas Nagel has played a major role in the philosophico-biological debate on subjectivity and consciousness. This collection of published essays and reviews offers Nagel's opinionated views on the philosophy of mind, epistemology and political philosophy

Much philosophical debate has attempted to reconcile the human capacity to view the world both objectively and subjectively. Thomas Nagel's book tackles this fundamental issue, arguing that our divided nature is the root of a whole range of philosophical problems.