Philosophy · Practical Philosophy
A topic within Practical Philosophy, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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Shelly Kagan (YaleCourses)
Argues that physicalism about persons is correct and that death is therefore annihilation, then asks whether that conclusion licenses fear, and concludes it largely does not.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Lucretius
Argues in verse that the world is made only of atoms and void, so the soul dies with the body and death is nothing to us, since nothing can be bad for someone who no longer exists to suffer it.
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