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Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel is University Professor at New York University. Concealment and Exposure and Other Essays is his most recent book.

From the London Review dated 11 May 2006

The View from Here and Now

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy by Bernard Williams, edited by Myles Burnyeat Buy this book
In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument by Bernard Williams, edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn Buy this book
Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline by Bernard Williams, edited by A.W. Moore Buy this book

Bernard Williams had a very large mind. To read these three posthumously published collections of essays (there will be a fourth, on opera) is an overwhelming reminder of his incandescent and all-consuming intelligence. He brought philosophical reflection to an opulent array of subjects, with more imagination and with greater cultural and historical understanding than anyone else of his time. [ read more . . . ]

Selected bibliography

Concealment and Exposure and Other Essays (2002)
The Last Word (1997)
Other Minds: Cultural Essays (1995)
Equality and Partiality (1991)
What Does it All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (1988)
The View from Nowhere (1986)
Mortal Questions (1979)
The Possibility of Altruism (1970)

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The View from Here and Now · 11 May 2006

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy by Bernard Williams, edited by Myles Burnyeat Buy this book
In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument by Bernard Williams, edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn Buy this book
Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline by Bernard Williams, edited by A.W. Moore Buy this book

The Central Questions · 3 February 2005