What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

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A famous philosophical essay by Thomas Nagel, which explores the limits of human understanding and the subjective nature of consciousness. The essay argues that we cannot truly know what it is like to be a bat because its form of consciousness, particularly echolocation, is fundamentally different from our own.

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What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
Thomas Nagel
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