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The Last Word (Hardcover, New)
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The Last Word (Hardcover, New)
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If there is such a thing as reason, it has to be universal. Reason
must reflect objective principles whose validity is independent of
our point of view - principles that anyone with enough intelligence
ought to be able to recognize as correct. But this universality of
reason is what relativists and subjectivists deny in
ever-increasing numbers. And such subjectivism is not just an
inconsequential intellectual flourish or badge of theoretical chic.
It is exploited to deflect argument and to belittle the pretensions
of the arguments of others. The continuing spread of this
relativistic way of thinking threatens to make public discourse
increasingly difficult and unproductive. In The Last Word, Thomas
Nagel, one of the most influential philosophers writing in English,
presents a sustained defense of reason against the attacks of
subjectivism, delivering systematic rebuttals of relativistic
claims with respect to language, logic, science, and ethics. He
shows that the last word in disputes about the objective validity
of any form of thought must lie in some unqualified thoughts about
how things are - thoughts that we cannot regard from outside as
mere psychological dispositions. His work sets a new standard in
the debate on this crucially important question and should generate
intense interest both within and outside the philosophical
community.
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