What is it like to be a bat? / Thomas Nagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagel, Thomas, 1937- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 64 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This text is a fiftieth anniversary republication of Thomas Nagel's 'What Is It Like to Be a Bat?', a classic article in the philosophy of mind. Through its argument for the irreducible subjectivity of consciousness, it played an essential role in making the study of consciousness a central part of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. It also spurred the now flourishing scientific attention to the consciousness of non-human creatures: mammals, birds, fish, mollusks, and insects. The book also includes a second essay offering Nagel's more recent thoughts on the most promising positive response to the mind-body problem, as posed in the original essay.

Contents:

Preface

1. What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

2. Further Thoughts: The Psychophysical Nexus.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 4, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

0-19-775281-0

0-19-775282-9

0-19-775280-2

OCLC:

1416701590