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Death and Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm (1033-1109)

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Death And Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-05-6 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-07-0 is the Paperback edition. Volume 7, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of St. Anselm . The chapters do not necessarily mention him . The chapters are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Index as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. Volume 7 includes chapters by some of the world's leading living thinkers, including: -----Philosopher of in vitro meat - Brian J. Ford; -----Medievalist philosopher - Jasper Hopkins; -----Today's "Thomas Edison" - Ray Kurzweil; -----Oxford University Metaphysician - J. R. Lucas; -----Ontological argument experts - Graham Oppy and Charles Taliaferro . There are 16 chapters, as follows: -----CHAPTER ONE Life And Death Economics Revisited: Reflections On The Economic Crisis One Year On pages 35-54; -----CHAPTER TWO Culturing Meat For The Future: Anti-Death Versus Anti-Life pages 55-80; -----CHAPTER THREE Contrasting Conceptions Of Mors Beata: Saint Augustine And Albert Camus pages 81-100; -----CHAPTER FOUR Hormones Of Youth pages 101-156; -----CHAPTER FIVE Prenatal Nonexistence pages 157-168; -----CHAPTER SIX The Search For The Ultimate pages 169-210; -----CHAPTER SEVEN The Urgent Need For An Academic Revolution: The Rational Pursuit Of Wisdom pages 211-238; -----CHAPTER EIGHT Limitless Life: The Psychology Of Forever pages 239-274; -----CHAPTER NINE Anselm's First Argument pages 275-296; -----CHAPTER TEN God Versus The Multiverse: An Ontological Argument Against The Existence Of A Supreme Being, With A Hopeful Alternative pages 297-312; -----CHAPTER ELEVEN Living Towards Eternal Life: Saint Anselm's Christian Anthropology pages 313-346; -----CHAPTER TWELVE The Anselmian Ontological Argument As The Ultimate Anti-Death Argument: Suggestions On How To Reason From Possible Divine Perfection To Actual Divine Perfection pages 347-372; -----CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Breadth Of Theism Defense: Redemption And The Problem Of Evil pages 373-392; -----CHAPTER FOURTEEN Personal, Temporal, And Paragonal Aspects Of The Omniverse pages 393-450; -----CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Philosopher Looks At Posthumanity: Inconclusive Conclusions? pages 451-468; -----CHAPTER SIXTEEN O'Neill-Type Space Habitats And The Industrial Conquest Of Space pages 469-494. -----The INDEX begins on page 495.

Language: English

Pages: 502

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Ria University Press

Release: December 31, 2009

ISBN: 1934297054

ISBN 13: 9781934297056

Death and Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm (1033-1109)

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-05-6 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-07-0 is the Paperback edition. Volume 7, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of St. Anselm . The chapters do not necessarily mention him . The chapters are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Index as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. Volume 7 includes chapters by some of the world's leading living thinkers, including: -----Philosopher of in vitro meat - Brian J. Ford; -----Medievalist philosopher - Jasper Hopkins; -----Today's "Thomas Edison" - Ray Kurzweil; -----Oxford University Metaphysician - J. R. Lucas; -----Ontological argument experts - Graham Oppy and Charles Taliaferro . There are 16 chapters, as follows: -----CHAPTER ONE Life And Death Economics Revisited: Reflections On The Economic Crisis One Year On pages 35-54; -----CHAPTER TWO Culturing Meat For The Future: Anti-Death Versus Anti-Life pages 55-80; -----CHAPTER THREE Contrasting Conceptions Of Mors Beata: Saint Augustine And Albert Camus pages 81-100; -----CHAPTER FOUR Hormones Of Youth pages 101-156; -----CHAPTER FIVE Prenatal Nonexistence pages 157-168; -----CHAPTER SIX The Search For The Ultimate pages 169-210; -----CHAPTER SEVEN The Urgent Need For An Academic Revolution: The Rational Pursuit Of Wisdom pages 211-238; -----CHAPTER EIGHT Limitless Life: The Psychology Of Forever pages 239-274; -----CHAPTER NINE Anselm's First Argument pages 275-296; -----CHAPTER TEN God Versus The Multiverse: An Ontological Argument Against The Existence Of A Supreme Being, With A Hopeful Alternative pages 297-312; -----CHAPTER ELEVEN Living Towards Eternal Life: Saint Anselm's Christian Anthropology pages 313-346; -----CHAPTER TWELVE The Anselmian Ontological Argument As The Ultimate Anti-Death Argument: Suggestions On How To Reason From Possible Divine Perfection To Actual Divine Perfection pages 347-372; -----CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Breadth Of Theism Defense: Redemption And The Problem Of Evil pages 373-392; -----CHAPTER FOURTEEN Personal, Temporal, And Paragonal Aspects Of The Omniverse pages 393-450; -----CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Philosopher Looks At Posthumanity: Inconclusive Conclusions? pages 451-468; -----CHAPTER SIXTEEN O'Neill-Type Space Habitats And The Industrial Conquest Of Space pages 469-494. -----The INDEX begins on page 495.

Language: English

Pages: 502

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Ria University Press

Release: December 31, 2009

ISBN: 1934297054

ISBN 13: 9781934297056

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