Death
Yale University Press (2012)
| Abstract | 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. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Death | |||||||||
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| Call number | BD444.K26 2012 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780300180848 0300180845 | |||||||||
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