03268nam 2200637Ia 450 991079012030332120230801222459.01-280-57125-X97866136008510-300-18342-910.12987/9780300183429(CKB)2670000000176438(StDuBDS)BDZ0019591413(SSID)ssj0000688398(PQKBManifestationID)11396175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688398(PQKBWorkID)10612960(PQKB)10602446(MiAaPQ)EBC3420845(DE-B1597)485937(OCoLC)785393609(DE-B1597)9780300183429(Au-PeEL)EBL3420845(CaPaEBR)ebr10551244(CaONFJC)MIL360085(OCoLC)923597705(EXLCZ)99267000000017643820111102d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDeath[electronic resource] /Shelly KaganNew Haven Yale University Press20121 online resource (416 p.)The open Yale courses seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-18084-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Thinking about Death --2. Dualism versus Physicalism --3. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul --4. Descartes' Argument --5. Plato on the Immortality of the Soul --6. Personal Identity --7. Choosing between the Theories --8. The Nature of Death --9. Two Surprising Claims about Death --10. The Badness of Death --11. Immortality --12. The Value of Life --13. Other Aspects of Death --14. Living in the Face of Death --15. Suicide --16. Conclusion --Notes --Suggestions for Further Reading --IndexThere is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of mortality. Do we have reason to believe in the existence of immortal souls? Should we accept an account according to which people are just material objects, nothing more? Can we make sense of the idea of surviving the death of one's body? If I won't exist after I die, can death truly be bad for me? Would immortality be desirable? Is fear of death appropriate? Is suicide ever justified? How should I live in the face of death?Written in an informal and conversational style, this stimulating and provocative book challenges many widely held views about death, as it invites the reader to take a fresh look at one of the central features of the human condition-the fact that we will die.Open Yale courses series.DeathOntologyDeath.Ontology.128/.5Kagan Shelly775594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790120303321Death3679894UNINA03810nam 2200685Ia 450 991078428760332120230828211447.01-282-19484-497866121948493-11-019974-210.1515/9783110199741(CKB)1000000000335183(EBL)280161(OCoLC)476023260(SSID)ssj0000155279(PQKBManifestationID)11149549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155279(PQKBWorkID)10121341(PQKB)10336901(MiAaPQ)EBC280161(DE-B1597)19805(OCoLC)979782468(DE-B1597)9783110199741(Au-PeEL)EBL280161(CaPaEBR)ebr10154761(CaONFJC)MIL219484(OCoLC)181078514(EXLCZ)99100000000033518320060203d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrFinite geometries, groups, and computation[electronic resource] proceedings of the conference "Finite geometries, groups, and computation," September 4-9, 2004, Pingree Park, Colorado /edited by Alexander Hulpke ... [et al.]New York Walter de Gruyter20061 online resource (288 p.)De Gruyter Proceedings in MathematicsDescription based upon print version of record.3-11-018220-3 Front matter --Contents --A reduction algorithm for matrix groups with an extra special normal subgroup --A group theoretic approach to (0, 2)-geometries --Efficient presentations for the Mathieu simple group M22 and its cover --On the uniqueness of the unipotent subgroups of some Moufang sets --Symmetric rank 3 designs with regular, elementary abelian, normal subgroups --On minimal subdegrees of finite primitive permutation groups --Computing with elation groups --Finite semifields --Constructions of quasiprimitive two-arc transitive graphs of product action type --Symplectic translation planes of even order --Structural properties of Hadamard designs --On projective planes of order less than 32 --Towards effective algorithms for linear groups --Finite groups that admit Kantor families --Applications of computer algebra to finite geometry --Finite translation generalized quadrangles: old results, new results, open problems --On affine designs and GMW difference sets --Dimensional dual arcs - a survey --Back matterThis volume is the proceedings of a conference on Finite Geometries, Groups, and Computation that took place on September 4-9, 2004, at Pingree Park, Colorado (a campus of Colorado State University). Not accidentally, the conference coincided with the 60th birthday of William Kantor, and the topics relate to his major research areas. Participants were encouraged to explore the deeper interplay between these fields. The survey papers by Kantor, O'Brien, and Penttila should serve to introduce both students and the broader mathematical community to these important topics and some of their connectDe Gruyter Proceedings in MathematicsFinite geometriesCongressesFinite groupsCongressesAlgorithmsCongressesFinite geometries, finite groups.Finite geometriesFinite groupsAlgorithms516/.13SK 380rvkHulpke Alexander1561259MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784287603321Finite geometries, groups, and computation3827829UNINA