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Philosophy of space - The late Carl Sagan (1 Viewer)

KFunk

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Youtube wasn't working for me the other day when this was posted. It's a great little video. It reminds me somewhat of a philosopher Thomas Nagel who wrote a book 'The View from Nowhere' in which he examines some of the incongruities between our self-centred, subjective perspective and a detached, 'pale blue dot' kind of perspective.

One of the questions is, of course, whether we can take a more detached perspective on society (which some would argue is a prerequisite for certain forms of justice/fairness) whilst also taking into account the subjective world that belongs to each individual (which seems necessary if we are to properly treat them each as persons).
 
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I'm reading his novel Contact right now.
I've only read the first two chapters and I've already learnt stuff.
And it's fictional. lol.
 

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