Thomas Nagel Views on Life

Thomas Nagel’s View on Life Thomas Nagel is a highly intelligent and well-respected American philosopher who wrote the short (10 chapters) introduction to philosophy, “What does it All Mean?” While reading this intriguing brief introduction to philosophy, I couldn’t help but notice how Nagel discusses a variety of thought-provoking questions and theories/ideas regarding how he believes life really is and/or how it is portrayed. For instance, in the chapter titled, “How Do We Know Anything” Thomas Nagel argues that the world we live in is not real. He strongly believes that there is a high possibility that how real we as an individual believe the world is, is simply based on our wild imagination. Later on in Chapter Six, Nagel continues his elucidation of theory on life by arguing that the way we make our decisions is based on “Free Will” which coincidently also happens to be the title of the chapter and then he ends his short introduction to philosophy by presenting to his readers with his final stimulating question, “What is the meaning of life?” Though some may disagree with Nagel’s view on life, on the other hand I cant help but agree with this wise American philosopher and here’s why…
Is Anything Real? When reading Chapter Two of “What does it All Mean?” I couldn’t help but notice how Nagel begins this section off by saying “If you think about it, the inside of your mind is the only thing you can be sure of.” Although some may chose to disagree with Thomas Nagel, I personally do agree with his view on life and the fact that it may not be real. In my opinion, when Nagel suggests that the inside of our mind is the only thing we can be sure of, I believe this is as true as it can be, why you may ask? Well simply because our mind is a very powerful tool in our body that makes everything possible. Our minds do everything for us from just everyday regular thinking and movement to giving us the power to imagine things that sometimes aren’t possible. Is