Thomas Nagel

The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world, but the paradoxical character of moral luck which emerges from this acknowledgement shows that we are unable to operate with such a view, for it leaves us with no one to be.

Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.

Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.

There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.

Without consciousness the mind body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.

Consciousness is what makes the mind body problem really intractable.