Death and the afterlife / Samuel Scheffler ; with commentaries by Harry Frankfurt, Seana Shiffrin, Susan Wolf ; edited and introduced by Niko Kolodny.

  • Scheffler, Samuel, 1951-
Date:
2013
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Physical description

x, 210 pages ; 21 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Death and the afterlife. The afterlife (part I) ; The afterlife (part II) ; Fear, death, and confidence / Samuel Scheffler -- Comments. The significance of doomsday / Susan Wolf ; How the afterlife matters / Harry G. Frankfurt ; Preserving the valued or preserving valuing? / Seana Valentine Shiffrin ; That I should die and others live / Niko Kolodny -- Reply to commentators. Death, value, and the afterlife : responses / Samuel Scheffler.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780199982509
  • 0199982503