Death. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shelly Kagan.
• Authors: Kagan, Shelly
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 376 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 128/.5; Death; Death -- Psychological aspects; Death; Attitude to Death; Mort; Mort -- Aspect psychologique; deaths; Death -- Psychological aspects; Death; Philosophie; Tod; Döden
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300183429; 0300183429; 9786613600851; 6613600857
• Related ISBNs: 9780300180848; 0300180845; 9781280571251; 128057125X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.