Death

Kagan, Shelly

Death [Texte imprimé] / Shelly Kagan - New Haven ; Yale University Press, cop. 2012 - 1 vol. (IX-376 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm - The open Yale courses series . - The open Yale courses series (Yale University Press, New Haven) .

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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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