An article on Epistemology written by Thomas Nagel.
Central Ideas
- Even if we knew every fact about bats, there are still facts inaccessible to us that prevent us from knowing what is like to be a bat
Nagel’s Core Argument
P1: To explain something objectively is to explain it in such a way that abstracts away from points of view
P2: To be conscious, you require a point of view
-- Disj Syllog --
IC: An explanation of conciousness cannot abstract from a point of view
C: Therefore, conciousness cannot be explained objectively