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The View from Nowhere

Overview

The View from Nowhere is a book by philosopher Thomas Nagel. Published by Oxford University Press in 1986, it contrasts passive and active points of view in how humanity interacts with the world, relying either on a subjective perspective that reflects a point of view or an objective perspective that takes a more detached perspective. Nagel describes the objective perspective as the "view from nowhere", one where the only valuable ideas are ones derived independently.

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Philosophers who discussed The View from Nowhere

• Thomas Nagel

Related ideas

• Thomas Nagel
• Oxford University Press
• Peter Gay
• Thomas Metzinger

Place in the tradition

Part of Consciousness.

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