What Does It All Mean By Thomas Nagel Analysis

An analysis of some philosophical issues that the humanity have been questioning since the beginning of all times is presented by Thomas Nagel in his book What does it all mean. His approaches to that issues give a possible answer to the dilemmas about life, death or morality. His opinions are expressed in a very easy manner, and his examples are daily life situations that allows the reader to identify himself with Philosophy. In my work I will be discussing three chapters of the book. The first one refers to the intrinsic nature of our knowledge, what is the source of our ideas? Is our existence a projection of our mind? The second one refers to our capacity of free will, are we actually free of saying or doing whatever we want to do? Who decide what is right or wrong? And the third one is an analysis about the meaning of life, why is our life important? What is the sense of living? Questions like these are an invitation to search for a reasonable explanation, but since Philosophy is such a complex thing, we would never find the correct answer, instead, we will choose the best answer that suits our beliefs and experiences.
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The people who follow that idea are radical idealists who defend that everything surrounding us is a projection of our mind, that we are not actually here, and you neither. By analyzing that concept, you can become a skeptical person; because if your mind is the only thing that rules, you cannot be sure about the existence of an external world. Then, a question comes to my mind: why if the only real thing is our mind we cannot decide what is going to happen next? Why not just eliminate the bad things and pursue happiness? Everyone wants to be happy for sure. If we cannot be happy and we do not have control over our mind, something else is playing with us and making us miserable or happy. It is not our call, is someone