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Death [electronic resource] / Shelly Kagan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The open Yale courses seriesPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.Description: ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300180848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 128.5 23
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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