What Does It All Mean?

Thomas Nagel

born 1937 · American philosopher

• Balzan Prize
• Professor at Berkeley
• Professor at NYU

Profession

Philosopher, Professor

Worked at

Berkeley, NYU

Studied at

Harvard, Cornell

Studied under

John Rawls

Prizes

Balzan Prize (2008), Guggenheim Fellowship (1966), PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay (1996), Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (2008)

Asked 'What is it like to be a bat?' in a famous 1974 paper.

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