Notes on Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"
Here are some things to think about while doing the reading:
We're now entering a new topic conscious experience, though it is intimately related to the mind-body problem that we've already been studying. As with any article, try to get clear on what Nagel's thesis/conclusion is.
One catchy idea in Nagel's article revolves around us imagining what it's like to be a bat. But what exactly is the point of this whole discussion?
It's good to keep the big picture in mind while reading Nagel. So how does Nagel's article fit into the debates over the mind-body problem? That is, which theory or theories does Nagel's argument support or undermine?