Named as a Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by CHOICE
Thomas Nagel is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. He is the author of The View from Nowhere, What Does It All Mean?, The Possibility of Altruism, Mortal Questions, Equality and Partiality, and Other Minds: Critical Essays, 1969-1994.
"...[a] subtle, compact, and forceful book....The Last Word is a
work of philosophical reflection...a significant contribution to
the culture wars of our time."--New York Review of Books
"...[a] subtle, compact, and forceful book....The Last Word is a
work of philosophical reflection...a significant contribution to
the culture wars of our time."--New York Review of Books
"Nagel's book is a ringing defense of the rationalist conception of
reason and an uncompromising attack on the subjectivist
conception.... Nagel applies his general anti-subjectivist argument
in a number of areas, including language, logic, arithmetic and
ethics....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 subjectivism."--Colin McGinn, The New
Republic
"Thomas Nagel stands out among today's best philosophers in
retaining closer links with the 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 deny a thing's existence because it is difficult or perhaps
impossible to understand."--The Times Literary Supplement
"...now comes Professor Nagel's fascinating, even brilliant,
book..."--Commonweal
"Recommended."--The Key Reporter
"...[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
"How refreshing and intellectually stimulating it is to read a
philosopher - and one as smart as Thomas Nagel - say a favorable
word on behalf of Descartes."--First Things
"...the combination of a question fundamental to all intellectual
life, lucid writing, and intelligent argumentation warrants highly
recommending The Last Word to a wide audience."--Review of
Metaphysics
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