The Metaphysics of death / edited, with an introduction, by John Martin Fischer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, John Martin, 1952-

Series:

Stanford series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Physical Description:

xiv, 423 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

" The great variety of viewpoints contained in this book make it a pleasure to read and study, full as it is of intelligent, sometimes brilliant, occasionally infuriating, but always stimulating arguments. It provides the reader with a fairly comprehensive survey of recent developments in the debate on the value of existence and the evil of death-as-non existence and as such it is certainly recommended." - Canadian Philosophical Reviews " This book immediately becomes the most convenient source for recent writings that confront some of the more abstract aspects of the problem of death. Those possessed by philosophical curiosity but pressed for time must be grateful to Fischer for making these contributions so readily available. By and large, the authors are skillful communicators and, on occasion, advance their theses with playfulness and wit." - Omega

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-413) and index.

ISBN:

0804720460

0804721041

OCLC:

26855305