Shelly Kagan

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Yale University

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Yale PHIL 176: Death

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Death

Prof. Shelly Kagan·Yale University

Rigorous analytic metaphysics and moral philosophy examining personal identity, mind-body dualism vs. physicalism, Plato's Phaedo, immortality, and whether being dead can harm a person.

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Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 2: The Nature of Persons — Mind-Body Dualism vs. Physicalism

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 2: The Nature of Persons — Mind-Body Dualism vs. Physicalism

PHIL 176 · Lec 2 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

41:38

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 4: Plato's Phaedo, Theory of Forms & Epistemic Arguments

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 4: Plato's Phaedo, Theory of Forms & Epistemic Arguments

PHIL 176 · Lec 4 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

49:04

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 1: Metaphysics vs. Value Theory of Death

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 1: Metaphysics vs. Value Theory of Death

PHIL 176 · Lec 1 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

46:03

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 3: Inference to the Best Explanation & Arguments for Immaterial Mind

Yale PHIL 176 Lecture 3: Inference to the Best Explanation & Arguments for Immaterial Mind

PHIL 176 · Lec 3 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

45:48

5. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part III: Free will and near-death experiences

5. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part III: Free will and near-death experiences

PHIL 176 · Lec 5 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

48:02

Lecture 9: Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (PHIL 176)

Lecture 9: Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 9 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

50:20

7. Plato, Part II: Arguments for the immortality of the soul

7. Plato, Part II: Arguments for the immortality of the soul

PHIL 176 · Lec 7 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

46:38

8. Plato, Part III: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.)

8. Plato, Part III: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.)

PHIL 176 · Lec 8 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

49:54

6. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I

6. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I

PHIL 176 · Lec 6 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

35:42

Lecture 10: Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory (PHIL 176)

Lecture 10: Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 10 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

49:50

Lecture 18: The Badness of Death, Part III; Immortality, Part I (PHIL 176)

Lecture 18: The Badness of Death, Part III; Immortality, Part I (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 18 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

50:35

Lecture 11: Personal Identity, Part II: The Body Theory and the Personality Theory (PHIL 176)

Lecture 11: Personal Identity, Part II: The Body Theory and the Personality Theory (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 11 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

50:35

Lecture 17: The Badness of Death, Part II: The Deprivation Account (PHIL 176)

Lecture 17: The Badness of Death, Part II: The Deprivation Account (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 17 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

51:37

Lecture 14: What Matters (cont.); The Nature of Death, Part I (PHIL 176)

Lecture 14: What Matters (cont.); The Nature of Death, Part I (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 14 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

47:18

Lecture 12: Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory (PHIL 176)

Lecture 12: Personal Identity, Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 12 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

51:51

Lecture 19: Immortality Part II; The Value of Life, Part I (PHIL 176)

Lecture 19: Immortality Part II; The Value of Life, Part I (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 19 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

49:01

Lecture 16: Dying Alone; The Badness of Death, Part I (PHIL 176)

Lecture 16: Dying Alone; The Badness of Death, Part I (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 16 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

49:51

Lecture 13: Personal Identity, Part IV: What Matters? (PHIL 176)

Lecture 13: Personal Identity, Part IV: What Matters? (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 13 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

48:53

Lecture 22: Fear of Death (PHIL 176)

Lecture 22: Fear of Death (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 22 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

47:50

Lecture 15: The Nature of Death (cont.); Believing You Will Die (PHIL 176)

Lecture 15: The Nature of Death (cont.); Believing You Will Die (PHIL 176)

PHIL 176 · Lec 15 · Shelly Kagan · Yale University

Shelly Kagan Yale University

44:15