Yale PHIL 176 Death (Shelly Kagan) – Lectures

Yale PHIL 176: Death

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01-Course Introduction
02-The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism
02-The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism
03-Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part I
04-Introduction to Plato's Phaedo; Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part II
04-Introduction to Plato's Phaedo; Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part II
05-Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part III: Free Will and Near-Death Experiences
05-Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part III: Free Will and Near-Death Experiences
06-Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I
07-Plato, Part II: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul
07-Plato, Part II: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul
08-Plato, Part III: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
08-Plato, Part III: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
09-Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
09-Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)
10-Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory
10-Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory
11-Personal Identity, Part II: The Body Theory and the Personality Theory
12-Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory
12-Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory
13-Personal Identity, Part IV: What Matters?
13-Personal Identity, Part IV: What Matters?
14-What Matters (cont.); The Nature of Death, Part I
14-What Matters (cont.); The Nature of Death, Part I
15-The Nature of Death (cont.); Believing You Will Die
16-Dying Alone; The Badness of Death, Part I
17-The Badness of Death, Part II: The Deprivation Account
17-The Badness of Death, Part II: The Deprivation Account
18-The Badness of Death, Part III; Immortality, Part I
19-Immortality Part II; The Value of Life, Part I
20-The Value of Life, Part II; Other Bad Aspects of Death, Part I
20-The Value of Life, Part II; Other Bad Aspects of Death, Part I
21-Other Bad Aspects of Death, Part II
22-Fear of Death
23-How to Live Given the Certainty of Death
23-How to Live Given the Certainty of Death
24-Suicide, Part I: The Rationality of Suicide
24-Suicide, Part I: The Rationality of Suicide
25-Suicide, Part II: Deciding under Uncertainty
25-Suicide, Part II: Deciding under Uncertainty
26-Suicide, Part III: The Morality of Suicide and Course Conclusion

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Explains why survival may not preserve what matters, then uses gradual personality change in the Methuselah case to challenge the personality theory of identity.Explores whether survival matters without continuity of personality, using gradual change in the Methuselah case to challenge the personality theory of identity.

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