Epicurus's symmetry argument assumes desires are purely quantitative and interchangeable across time, but Nagel argues desires have irreducibly forward-looking intentional structure.
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An argument that says if two situations are mirror images of each other in relevant ways, they should be treated the same way—in this case, the time before you were born and the time after you die should be viewed identically.
intentional structure(Analytic philosophy's investigation of thought via language)
The structure of human thought as directed toward or about objects and states of affairs
irreducibly forward-looking intentional structure(describing Nagel's alternative theory of how desires actually work)
The idea that desires are fundamentally about aiming toward the future and are defined by what they're directed at or aimed toward—and this can't be broken down into simpler purely quantitative measures.