Thomas Nagel

(16 votes)   Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.

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(15 votes)   Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.

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(14 votes)   Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.

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(14 votes)   There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.

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