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Death / Shelly Kagan.

By: Kagan, Shelly.
Series: The open Yale courses series.New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012Description: ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780300180848 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): DeathGenre/Form: Print books.
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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On Shelf BD444 .K26 2012 (Browse shelf) Available AU0000000006132
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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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