Annihilation : the sense and significance of death / / Christopher Belshaw
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| Autore: |
Belshaw Christopher
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| Titolo: |
Annihilation : the sense and significance of death / / Christopher Belshaw
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Death |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2009 by Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Death; 2. Definitions; 3. Human beings; 4. Is it bad to die?; 5. Circumstances and degrees; 6. Posthumous harms; 7. An asymmetry; 8. Numbers; 9. Cheating death; Appendix: Brain death - history and debate; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The ever-present possibility of death forces upon us the question of life's meaning and for this reason death has been a central concern of philosophers throughout history. From Socrates to Heidegger, philosophers have grappled with the nature and significance of death. In ""Annihilation"", Christopher Belshaw explores two central questions at the heart of philosophy's engagement with death: what is death; and is it bad that we die? Belshaw begins by distinguishing between literal and metaphorical uses of the term and offers a unified and biological account of death, denying that death brings |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Annihilation |
| ISBN: | 1-317-49277-3 |
| 1-315-71171-0 | |
| 1-282-94732-X | |
| 9786612947322 | |
| 1-84465-411-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459580203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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