Philosophy 2073F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rational Basis Review, Conation, Epicurus
8 Dec 2017
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Today: review, nagel death is a badness arising from the deprivation of life, silverstein resolving the epicurean dilemma, review the story so far . We have, during the rst part of the course, considered ve articles investigating the de nitional, epistemological, and metaphysical characteristics of death. Edwards thinks we can know a great deal, since death is such a straightforward concept. Metaphysically, it is simply the end of life. Pojman rejected all of the associated (and spooky) metaphysics relied upon by plato, in favour of practical considerations as a basis for arguing that a clear de nition ought to be adopted. Mcmahan defends one of the de nitions discussed by pojman, which yields a dualist understanding of the concept. Person death, i. e. , irreparable damage to consciousness. Biological organism death, i. e. , irreparable damage to the human organism. That was the end of our review of articles explicitly concerned with the de nitional, epistemological, and metaphysical characteristics of death.
