Mortal Questions (Canto Classics)

Analitička filozofija zna da bude suva, zamorna, ćoškasta, pa i začuđujuće isključiva, posebno prema kontinentalnim filozofima koji se, u najboljem slučaju, doživljavaju kao nadahnuti smutljivci. I to je, naravno, loše, ali o tome detaljnije neki drugi put. Duga je to priča i ne može se ni započeti......more

Fourteen essays in this book tie together the question of how philosophy applies in everyday life. Nagel’s writing drags a bit in places, and not all the essays are of equal interest. The personal nature of the inquiry is the book's main draw and the best reason for reading it. The most helpful appr......more

One of the most probing and worthwhile philosophic disquisitions of the twentieth century.......more

Thomas Nagel began with the most abstract issues and areas in philosophy to reach concrete issues: metaphysics-> epistemoligy,-> philosophy of mind-> Ethics-> political philosophy-> economics. Thomas Nagel in all areas of philosophy: "metaphysics, epistemology, ethics", and some of the most important......more

Each essay here hits you with the force of a freight train! It is probably true to say that the first three of them completely changed my outlook on death, the meaning of life, and moral luck. It is a difficult book, but one worth going through.......more