Full title: Death / Shelly Kagan.

Author/creator: Kagan, Shelly.

Call Numbers: N128.5/27

Record Identifier: 74VvGzVDyZMM

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., 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.

Publishers: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.

Notes: The open Yale courses series. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 128.5

MMS ID: 991012586199702626