Thomas Nagel What Does It All Mean Analysis

Thomas Nagel is an author and an American philosopher. In his book “What Does It All Mean?”, Nagel teases us by asking multiple questions about certain aspects of life to us, ranging from free will to the meaning of life itself. In each chapter of the book, Nagel discusses a different topic and goes into depth explaining it based on his view of the subject. The questions he poses are puzzling and doesn’t give us a “correct” answer, since he leaves it up to us to interpret it however way we want to. By doing this, Thomas wants the reader to contemplate critically about the questions long and hard so that we can provide our own personal insight to it. I will give my own perception of the subjects that Nagel is presenting in the book in this essay. I will use my own experiences, thoughts and beliefs to either support or criticize his views on life. Real or Fake World? Are we living in our own little world, or into something much bigger? Is there even a physical world or not? Nagel asks these types of questions in chapter 2, discussing if there really is a physical world. He starts by asking us how do we know that trees exist, or that the …show more content…
I believe in unknown, outside forces that are watching out for us, like spirits. Growing up, I viewed God as someone I was close to in a spiritual level. I would pray each night and hope for blessings to come to me as I continue living my life. Whenever I would feel down or angry, I would turn my head towards the sky and say a small prayer for me to feel reassured that God is looking out for me. Nagel questions if there is a god, but I think there is one because in addition to looking up to him when I was younger, I agreed with the guidelines that he had: do good deeds and believe in his plans and you’ll live out in paradise after you pass