Our stories : essays on life, death, and free will /
by Fischer, John Martin.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: vii, 184 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780195374957 (hardback : alk. paper); 0195374959 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Metaphysics | Death | Life | Free will and determinism
Contents:
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.
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BD95 F57 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | 00006079 |
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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.
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