Charles Tandy

Volume 17 (=334 pages) is in honor of Mary Midgley (1919-2018) and Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). Please note that a large majority of the chapter contributions mention neither Mary Midgley nor Iris Murdoch. The chapters (by professional philosophers and other scholars/professionals) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. Volume 17 includes fourteen chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE: Euclid, Plato And Lonergan: Reflections On The Soul's Fate And Human Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello and Garrett Barden) Pages 27-68.------CHAPTER TWO: Death, Depression And A Passing Kestrel (by Stephen R. L. Clark) Pages 69-92.------CHAPTER THREE: Reversal Of Epigenetic Aging And Immunosenescent Trends In Humans (by Gregory M. Fahy et al.) Pages 93-118.------CHAPTER FOUR: Ideal City Revisited (by Vladimir Kalugin) Pages 119-130.------CHAPTER FIVE: Relating Mary Midgley's Insights To Recent Social Psychological Theory And Research On Humans' Relationships With Other Animals (by Uri Lifshin and Jeff Greenberg) Pages 131-162.------CHAPTER SIX: On The Timing Issue (by EnChih Lin and Jack Lee) Pages 163-174.------CHAPTER SEVEN: Mary Midgley And Iris Murdoch: The Owl And The Phoenix (by Margaret M. Marcum and James A. Marcum) Pages 175-192.------CHAPTER EIGHT: From Bad To Good: Victor Frankenstein And The Modern Quest For The Secrets Of Life (by R. Michael Perry) Pages 193-222.------CHAPTER NINE: Highlights Of The Cryonics Symposium International (July 27, 2019 - Hollywood, Florida) (by R. Michael Perry) Pages 223-244.------CHAPTER TEN: American Crises And World Crises At The Turning Point (by Charles Tandy) Pages 245-276.------CHAPTER ELEVEN: You Have Choices Everyday (by Neal VanDeRee) Pages 277-282.------CHAPTER TWELVE: Basic Income Guarantee, VAT, Guaranteed Jobs, And Capitalism (by Mark Walker) Pages 283-302.------CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Minimum Viable Human Population With Intelligent Interventions (by Roman V. Yampolskiy) Pages 303-308.------CHAPTER FOURTEEN: An AI May Establish A Religion (by Soenke Ziesche) Pages 309-334.

One Year After Mary Midgley, Twenty Years After Iris Murdoch

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 17

Scott R. Stroud

Robert Ettinger founded the cryonics (cryonic hibernation) movement in the 1960s and authored The Prospect of Immortality and Man into Superman. The ideas presented by Ettinger in these two books are examined in the present volume by living philosophers: The Prisoner s Dilemma, Collective Rationality, And The Prospect Of An Indefinite Prolongation Of Life (By John M. Collins) Desirable And Undesirable Immortality: Ettinger And Arendt On Coping With Human Finitude (By Farhang Erfani) Immortality, Death, And Our Obligations To Future Generations (By Richard V. Greene) Time Shock And The Problem Of Anachronistic Being: An Anthropological Approach To Cryonics (By James C. Lindahl) Caring Cryonics? (By Rita C. Manning) Ettinger And Immortality (By Scott D. O Reilly) A Kantian Critique Of Cryonic Immortality (By Scott R. Stroud) Toward A New Theory Of Personhood (By Charles Tandy) The Anti-Death Philosophy Of N. F. Fedorov (By Charles Tandy and R. Michael Perry) Immortality, Identity, And The Grounds Of Egoistic Concern (By Scott D. Wilson) The Prospect Of Mortality: Buddhist And Heideggerian Critical Reflections On Ettinger (By Jason M. Wirth) In the Afterword, Ettinger responds to the evaluations and to other issues current in professional philosophy. Hardcover edition: US $35.95

The Philosophy of Robert Ettinger

This anthology of 16 chapters (see details below) is VOLUME 4 of the DEATH AND ANTI-DEATH series by Ria University Press. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. Includes index. Although published in honor of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), the chapters do NOT necessarily mention Simone de Beauvoir or Martin Heidegger. The 16 chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) ARE directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death - as follows: 1. Mechanism, Galileo's Animale And Heidegger's Gestell: Reflections On The Lifelessness Of Modern Science (by Giorgio Baruchello); 2. Simone De Beauvoir (by Debra Bergoffen); 3. Existentialism (by Steven Crowell); 4. Time Wounds All Heels (by William Grey); 5. The Ethical Importance Of Death (by Jenann Ismael); 6. The Poetics Of Death: Intimations And Illusions (by Lawrence Kimmel); 7. Death And Aesthetics (by Keith Lehrer); 8. Ageing And Existentialism: Simone De Beauvoir And The Limits Of Freedom (by Shannon M. Mussett); 9. Life Extension And Meaning (by Carol O'Brien); 10. Consciousness As Computation: A Defense Of Strong AI Based On Quantum-State Functionalism (by R. Michael Perry); 11. Reality Shifts: On The Death And Dying Of Dr. Timothy Leary (by Carol Sue Rosin); 12. Extraterrestrial Liberty And The Great Transmutation (by Charles Tandy); 13. A Time Travel Schema And Eight Types Of Time Travel (by Charles Tandy); 14. Boredom, Experimental Ethics, And Superlongevity (by Mark Walker); 15. Exopolitics: The Death Of Death (by Alfred Lambremont Webre); 16. Embryo Cloning: Current State Of The Medical Art And Its Far-Reaching Consequences ForMultiple Applications (by Panayiotis M. Zavos).

Twenty Years After De Beauvoir, Thirty Years After Heidegger

Death and Anti-Death

Kevin Kelly

Aubrey de Grey

Professional philosophers and other scholars discuss issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death in this anthology.

Thirty Years After Loren Eiseley (1907-1977)

Robin Hanson

Robert A. Freitas, Jr.

Claude Vorilhon

Michael Perry

Jim Yount

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Christopher J. Phoenix

William Faloon

Dr. Tandy and nine additional contributors introduce the reader to the world of the twentyfirst century and beyond. Topics include: Dietary Supplements And Your Health Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, And Health Extension Transhumanism, Transmortality, And The Singularity O'Neill Space Settlements Futurists As Wishful Dreamers Cryonic Hibernation And Personal Identity The Scientific Quest For A Universal Resurrection Of All Dead Persons Books Related To Life Extension And Transhumanity Websites Related To Life Extension And Transhumanity World War 3, The September 2001 Terrorist Attacks, And Our Responsibilities To Transhumanity

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