present will matter in the distant future‚ or as Nagel says‚ “in a million years” (Nagel 716). People believe that what they do now won’t matter at all in a million years‚ and that they are just one person living in the now that will soon be gone and will therefore not matter and don’t matter. Humans see this not mattering as a reason why life is absurd‚ since if nothing matters then the point of life is questioned. The second standard argument Nagel looks at is the idea that humans “are tiny specks
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Educational Planning a. Basic Ideas and Concepts about Planning b. Nature and Scope of Educational Planning c. Concepts of Educational Planning d. Definition of Educational Planning e. History of Educational Planning in the Philippines Discussant : Joanes C. Ocamia and Ireen C. Lingayan Strategies : a. Mental Warm – up e. Concept Web b. Bubble Quotes f. Circular Bending Flow Chart c. Placemat g. Numbered Heads Together d. Structured Overview EDUCATIONAL PLANNING Basic Ideas and
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Putting meaning to your life is like “finding who you are‚” it is a never ending process. Nagel asks if there’s meaning in life or if there is no meaning to life and all of this is just meaningless. Nagel‚ himself‚ does not specifically say whether or not he believes life has meaning. He leaves it up to the reader to decide based on the information he provides. According to Nagel we all live absurd lives (class notes). “Before turning to the question whether the absurdity of our lives
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by Harry Browne and “The Objective Basis of Morality” by Thomas Nagel. Harry Browne would say that if everyone sacrificed their own happiness for someone else. On the other hand‚ Thomas Nagel would object to Harry Browne’s theory claiming that a direct concern for others should be the basis of our morality. In the two different theories of selfishness‚ Browne addresses‚ in his opinion‚ the best way to make people happy‚ whereas Nagel discusses how people’s concern for others should be a moral basis
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or not. In philosopher Ernest Nagel’s “A Defense of Atheism” he proves to dispel the classical arguments for the existence of God as well as give an atheistic view on why there could not be a God. Instead of just dispelling the theistic arguments Nagel brings forth an argument in defense of Atheism regarding the existence of evil and stands to prove that if evil exists then the theistic version of God cannot exist either. In response to the argument from evil Richard Swinburne
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along with raising the rigorous procedures and evidence required for police to take action against people. Nagel would select Policy 2 even if the selection results in an (alleged) increase in crime rates. The alleged set of consequences under policy 1 suppose that crime rates will significantly drop whilst the violation of privacy and basic rights of innocent people will increase. Nagel recognizes that even if rights make it more challenging to achieve a good‚ or help the prevention of evil‚ one
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Death and Life - Tuesdays with Morrie PART 1 Nagel wrote: “everybody dies‚ but not everybody agrees about what death is.” In this chapter‚ Death‚ Nagel explains some of the beliefs people have about death. One of his points was survival after death. Nagel said that if dualism is true we can understand how life after death might be possible. Each person would consist of a soul and a body‚ and the soul would have to be able to leave the body and function on its own. If dualism is not true‚ then
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using it to come to a conclusion is important when comparing two types of philosophy and which is more plausible. This is because they have spent their lives studying the subject which means that the premises used are more likely to be sound. Thomas Nagel starts by explaining what can be scientifically proved about knowledge between consciousness and the brain. Everybody knows to what happens in consciousness depends on what happens to the body. If you stub your toe it hurts. If you close your
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straight-forward – Nagel asserts that there is a unique and subjective component of consciousness‚ and this component defeats any attempt to define consciousness in objective terms. Nagel believes that it is impossible to fully understand consciousness without the subjective experience. Intentional states cannot explain a subjective experience; therefore‚ the only to understand consciousness using reductionist theory would be to remove the subjective component – this would obviously be illogical. Nagel concludes
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among others‚ Nagel and Williams‚ who argue that death should be feared. I will discuss and analyze the conflict between several arguments put forth by both parties and conclude
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