MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02235cam a22002534a 4500
001 2008040481
003 DLC
005 20091003090209.0
008 080915s2009 enk 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008040481
020 $a9780195374957 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBD95$b.F57 2009
082 00 $a113/.8$222
100 1 $aFischer, John Martin,$d1952-
245 10 $aOur stories :$bessays on life, death, and free will /$cJohn Martin Fischer.
260 $aOxford ;$aew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $avii, 184 p. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: "meaning in life and death : our stories" -- John Martin Fischer and Anthony B rueckner, "Why is death bad?", Philosophical studies, vol. 50, no. 2 (September 1986) -- "Death, badness, and the impossibility of experience," Journal of ethics -- John Martin Fischer and Daniel Speak, "Death and the psychological conception of personal identity," Midwest studies in philosophy, vol. 24 -- "Earlier birth and later death : symmetry through thick and thin," Richard Feldman, Kris McDaniel, Jason R. Raibley, eds., The good, the right, life and death (Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing, 2006) -- "Why immortality is not so bad," International journal of philosophical studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (September 1994) -- John Martin Fischer and Ruth Curl, "Philosophical models of immortality in science fiction," in George Slusser et. al., eds., Immortal engines : life extension and immortality in science fiction and fantasy (Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 1996) -- "Epicureanism about death and immortality," Journal of ethics, vol. 10, no. 4 -- "Stories," Midwest studies in philosophy, vol. 20 -- "Free will, death, and immortality : the role of narrative," Philosophical papers (Special issue : meaning in life) volume 34, number 3, November 2005 -- "Stories and the meaning of life," revised and expanded version of "A reply to Pereboom, Zimmerman, and Smith," part of a book symposium on John Martin Fischer, my way : essays on moral responsibility, philosophical books, vol. 47, no. 3.
650 0 $aMetaphysics.
650 0 $aDeath.
650 0 $aLife.
650 0 $aFree will and determinism.