Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life (FDMNTLS PHILOS)

Product Description

The most recent addition to the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, John Martin Fischer’s
Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life offers a brief yet in-depth introduction to the key philosophical issues and problems concerning death and immortality. Its engaging and accessible narrative is
clearly organized into ten chapters that address meaning in life, death, the badness of death, time and death, ideas on immortality, near-death experiences, and extending life through medical technology.

Review

“This is the gold-standard for an introductory text on the philosophy of death. It is an excellent, clear, and concise book that contains a substantive introduction to each of the most important topics. It is perfect for undergraduate courses on the philosophy of death.”–Travis Timmerman,
Seton

Hall University

“The writing is compelling, the order is logical, the examples are relevant and helpful, and the flow is strong.”–Todd May,
Clemson University

About the Author

John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, and a University Professor at the University of California. He is coauthor of
Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife (OUP, 2016), and coeditor of
Introduction to

Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings, Eighth Edition (OUP, 2018). He was Project Leader of The Immortality Project (John Templeton Foundation).