What view does Nagel argue against in his 2012 work "Mind and Cosmos"?
The neo-Darwinian view of the emergence of consciousness
The big bang theory
The theory of black holes
The theory of relativity
Answer
The neo-Darwinian view of the emergence of consciousness is that it is the result of natural selection. Nagel argues that this view is inadequate because it cannot account for the subjective nature of consciousness. He argues that consciousness is not a physical phenomenon that can be explained by natural selection, but is instead a non-physical property that is irreducible to physical properties.
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