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The Absurd Author(s): Thomas Nagel Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 68, No. 20, Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division (Oct. 21, 1971), pp. 716-727 Published by: Journal of Philosophy, Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2024942 .
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Thomas Nagel (1937- ) is a prominent American philosopher, author of numerous articles and books, and currently University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University where he has taught since 1980.
Consider next the argument that our lives are absurd because we live in a tiny speck of a vast cosmos, or in a small sliver of time. Nagel argues that neither of these concerns makes life absurd. This is obvious because even if we were immortal or large enough to fill the universe, this would not change the fact that our lives might be absurd. Anot...
For Nagel, the discrepancy between the importance we place on our lives from a subjective point of view, and how gratuitous they appear objectively, is the essence of the absurdity of our lives. the collision between the seriousness with which we take our lives and the perpetual possibility of regarding everything about which we are serious as arb...
Think of how an ordinary individual sweats over his appearance, his health, his sex life, his emotional honesty, his social utility, his self-knowledge, the quality of his ties with family, colleagues, and friends, how well he does his job, whether he understands the world and what is going on in it. Leading a human life is full-time occupation to ...
Nagel further argues that reflection about our lives doesnt reveal that they are insignificant compared to what is really important, but that they are only significant by reference to themselves. So when we step back and reflect on our lives, we contrast the pretensions we have about the meaning of them with the larger perspective in which no stand...
Nagel contrasts his position on the absurd with epistemological skepticism. Skepticism transcends the limitations of thoughts by recognizing the limitations of thought. But after we have stepped back from our beliefs and their supposed justifications, we dont then contrast the way reality appears with an alternative reality. Skepticism implies that...
[i] Thomas Nagel, The Absurd, in The Meaning of Life, ed. E.D Klemke and Steven Cahn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008,)143.
May 9, 2012 · Thomas Nagel on why life is absurd – Ask a Philosopher. May 9, 2012 ~ Geoffrey Klempner. Kim asked: Nagel considers the prospect that life is just absurd. What does it mean to say that life is absurd? Are there good reasons to believe that life is absurd? What does Nagel think, and why? Answer by Jürgen Lawrenz.
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Absurdity, Angst, and the Meaning of Life In his seminal paper, "The Absurd," Thomas Nagel (1970) offers a key insight into the problem of the meaning of life.1 In particular, he sets out a certain conception of the absurd and then argues that there are good grounds for thinking that such absurdity applies to our own lives, thereby
Thomas Nagel On Why Humor is the Best Response to Life's Absurdity | Philosophy Break. Life is absurd — but that's no reason for despair, argues contemporary philosopher Thomas Nagel. This article discusses why he believes humor to be the best way to cope with being human. By Jack Maden | April 2020. 6-MIN BREAK.
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The idea of the absurd and the moral decision. Possibilities and limits of a physician's actions in the view of the absurd. Frank P. Lengers - 1994 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 15 (3).
