Geist und Kosmos

In his much-discussed book, Thomas Nagel launches a general attack on the established scientific worldview. This perspective has committed itself to reducing the human mind to physical laws, yet it fails to provide a theory that explains consciousness, thought, and values. The central thesis of the book is that such a worldview is inevitably incomplete and, with a high degree of certainty, wrong. Nagel seeks to substantiate this claim with subtle philosophical arguments. He also develops initial approaches for a completely new perspective on mind and cosmos.