Language, Metaphysics, and Death

absurd alive alteration amoebae appear argue argument attitudes believe bodily continuity body brain cease character claim class of human conceive concept condition conscious consider course cyborg D. Z. Phillips dead disembodied eternal evidence evil example existence existential existentialists experience fact fear of dying feel genetic H. H. Price Heidegger Hume ical idea Ilych image-world images immortality individual Kierkegaard kind limit living logically Lucretius Macquarrie matter mean memories metaphysical mind misfortune moral mystery mystical object obvious one's oneself ontological ontologist ourselves pain perceive perception perhaps personal identity Peter Geach philosophical physical possible post-mortem present problem Professor Mora question rational reason regard relation religious resurrection Roderick Chisholm seems senescence sense simply someone sort soul speak subtle bodies suggests suicide suicidist suppose surely survival telepathic theory things Thomas Nagel thought tion true unconscious visual field wish word world-historical