I’ve been interested in the mind/matter issue for the past thirty years. After reading reviews of Thomas Nagel’s “Mind and Cosmos” (2112), I have ordered a copy in hopes that the book can offer fresh insights on the topic. If you have already read “Mind and Cosmos”, feel free to correct any misconceptions I may have about it from my cursory reading of reviews.
According to the reviews Nagel’s primary concern in this work is with the failure of modern science, given its impressive history of invention and discovery, to explain what is mind. He does not believe neoDarwinism or physical chemical reductionism can discover what is mind. And, although he believes in some version of teleology, he does not believe in intelligent design.
Without reference to reductionism or intelligent design, how can Nagel tell us what mind is like?