"It seems to me that, as it is……" — Thomas Nagel
"It seems to me that, as it is usually presented, the current orthodoxy about the cosmic order is the product of governing assumptions that are unsupported, and that it flies in the face of common sense."
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42 Quotes by Thomas Nagel
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Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.
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Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for…
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I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology.
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equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded…
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To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for…
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A theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible.
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A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act…
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The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of…
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Once we see an aspect of what we or someone else does as something that happens, we lose our grip…
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The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this…
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Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said…
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There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.
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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many…
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The bad-boy label is just an assumption.
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
— Harry Browne
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the…
— Warren Buffett
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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,…
— Julie Burchill
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
— Ken Burns
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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,…
— Alan Alda
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The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you…
— David Byrne
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
— Sherman Alexie
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The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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