Death
Kagan, Shelly.
Death [electronic resource] / Shelly Kagan. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012. - ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The open Yale courses series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9780300180848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Death.
128.5
Death [electronic resource] / Shelly Kagan. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012. - ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The open Yale courses series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9780300180848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Death.
128.5