What does it all mean? This book written by Thomas Nagel brings up a short introduction to the most common topics in philosophy. We first talk about if we really know anything in this world. Is everything around us real? We discuss the view of solipsism and why some philosophers might take this view as an explanation to their beliefs. Secondly is the matter of free will. If you could have, then why didn’t you? We argue about determinism, and the role it plays in free will. Do you believe everything we choose was already meant for it to be chosen by us? Lastly we talk about chapter 10, which is the last topic in the book. It talks about the meaning of life. We bring the question of why we do the things we do, according to what Nagel says, whatever
