tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post3068675758134777987..comments2023-08-17T06:18:52.958-07:00Comments on Bilbo's Blog: The Core of Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos"Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-38854798282428132162013-09-01T18:37:22.662-07:002013-09-01T18:37:22.662-07:00And I'll add that one can see in this essay Na...And I'll add that one can see in this essay Nagel's beginning move toward an Aristotelian view of the world. Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-79879961968068986422013-09-01T18:36:01.298-07:002013-09-01T18:36:01.298-07:00Hi Lothar,
I can now say that I've read Nage...Hi Lothar, <br /><br />I can now say that I've read Nagel's "What is it like to be a Bat."<br /><br />Nagel doesn't think his essay refutes materialism (or physicalism). But he thinks it makes us realize that if materialism is true, then we do not understand what materialism is. Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-21434695384657287832013-08-28T07:14:11.986-07:002013-08-28T07:14:11.986-07:00Hi Lothar,
I'm ashamed to say that I've n...Hi Lothar,<br /><br />I'm ashamed to say that I've never read that most famous essay by Nagel. But I promise to read it soon. Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-15333569918314201302013-08-27T09:50:56.087-07:002013-08-27T09:50:56.087-07:00Hello Bilbo.
I believe that Thomas Nagel's fa...Hello Bilbo.<br /><br />I believe that Thomas Nagel's famous thought experiment about a the experience of a bat remains one of the strongest reason for rejecting materialism: <br /><br /><br />http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/on-the-feeling-of-a-lonesome-bat-von-den-gefuhlen-eines-einsamen-fledermauses-des-sentiments-dune-chauve-souris-solitaire/<br /><br /><br />I'd love to lear your thoughts on that!<br /><br /><br />Greetings from continental Europe.<br /><br />Lothars Sohn – Lothar’s son<br />http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.comMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328792937888689350noreply@blogger.com