Umysł a kosmos
The Core of Mind and Cosmos
Author(s): Thomas NagelContributor(s): Marcin Iwanicki (Translator)
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Special Branches of Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Thomas Nagel; Mind and Cosmos; physical sciences; conscious life; conceptions of nature; materialist Neo-Darwinian conception of nature; theism
Summary/Abstract: The essay outlines the main argument of Thomas Nagel’s influential book Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False (Oxford University Press 2012). According to the argument the physical sciences in their present form cannot adequately account for our conscious life and are thus incomplete. This should not lead us to accept some form of theism, however, but to a search for a broader, more adequate conception of nature.
Journal: Roczniki Filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 64/2016
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 143-146
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish