Death

Thinking about deathDualism vs. physicalism -- Arguments for the existence of the soul -- Descartes' argument -- Plato on the immortality of the soul -- Personal identity -- Choosing between the theories -- The nature of death -- Two surprising claims about death -- The badness of death -- Immo...

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1. Verfasser: Kagan, Shelly (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Haven u.a. Yale Univ. Press 2012
Schriftenreihe:The open Yale courses series
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Zusammenfassung:Thinking about deathDualism vs. physicalism -- Arguments for the existence of the soul -- Descartes' argument -- Plato on the immortality of the soul -- Personal identity -- Choosing between the theories -- The nature of death -- Two surprising claims about death -- The badness of death -- Immortality -- The value of life -- Other aspects of death -- Living in the face of death -- Suicide -- Conclusion: an invitation.
Thinking about death -- Dualism vs. physicalism -- Arguments for the existence of the soul -- Descartes' argument -- Plato on the immortality of the soul -- Personal identity -- Choosing between the theories -- The nature of death -- Two surprising claims about death -- The badness of death -- Immortality -- The value of life -- Other aspects of death -- Living in the face of death -- Suicide -- Conclusion: an invitation.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:IX, 376 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
24 cm
ISBN:0300180845
0-300-18084-5
9780300180848
978-0-300-18084-8