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Fischer, John Martin, 1952-

Our stories : essays on life, death, and free will / John Martin Fischer. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - vii, 184 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: meaning in life and death -- Why is death bad? / Anthony L. Brueckner and John Martin Fischer -- Death, badness, and the impossibility of experience / John Martin Fischer and Daniel Speak -- Earlier birth and later death : symmetry through thick and thin / John Martin Fischer -- Why immortality is not so bad / John Martin Fischer -- Epicureanism about death and immortality / John Martin Fischer -- Stories / John Martin Fischer -- Free will, death, and immortality : the role of narrative / John Martin Fischer -- Stories and the meaning of life / John Martin Fischer.

ISBN: 9780195374957 (hardback : alk. paper) 0195374959 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008040481

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Metaphysics.
Death.
Life.
Free will and determinism.

LC Class. No.: BD95 / F57 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 113/.8