Philosophy 2073F/G Study Guide - Thanatology, Personal Identity, Robert Nozick
17 Jun 2014
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Class days and hours: m, w, f, 11:30 12:20. Students are responsible for following the philosophy department procedures included with this outline. This course will examine the meaning and importance of human mortality. We will read contemporary and some classical philosophers on the subject of death with a view to making progress on these difficult and important questions. First very short essay (1500 words): 25% (due date tba) Second short essay (2000 words): 35% (due date tba) Existentialism and death: a survey of some confusions and absurdities . In s. morgenbesser, p. suppes and m. white (eds. ) 473-505: epistemological issues, personal identity and survival. Traditional christian belief in the resurrection of the. Excerpts from a dialogue on personal identity and. When is death bad for the one who dies? nous 38(1): 1- Fear of death philosophy and phenomenological research 50(2): 353-373. (c) the goodness of immortality. The makropulos case: reflections on the tedium of.
