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.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.