Free online coursePhilosophy of Death

Conteúdo do Curso

• Video class: 1. Course introduction

  0h46m

• Exercise: In the context of a philosophy course on the nature of death, which of the following topics would be considered as part of metaphysics?

• Video class: 2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism

  0h41m

• Exercise: According to the philosophical discussion on personal identity and the possibility of surviving death, which concept must we understand to address the question of life after death?

• Video class: 3. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part I

  0h45m

• Exercise: According to the physicalist view discussed in the lecture, what is the mind considered to be?

• Video class: 4. Introduction to Plato's Phaedo; Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part II

  0h49m

• Exercise: According to the lecture, what is one argument suggesting the existence of a soul due to consciousness?

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

  0h48m

• Exercise: According to compatibilism in the philosophy of free will, how can free will coexist with determinism?

• Video class: 6. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I

  0h35m

• Exercise: What is the core idea of Descartes' argument as discussed in the lecture?

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

  0h46m

• Exercise: According to Plato's metaphysical views presented in 'Phaedo', how are the Platonic forms characterized in relation to the physical world?

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

  0h49m

• Exercise: According to the discussion in the text, what is a fundamental criticism of Plato's argument about the immortality of the soul?

• Video class: 9. Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.)

  0h50m

• Exercise: According to the arguments discussed by the professor, what is a major critique of Plato's argument for the immortality of the soul?

• Video class: 10. Personal identity, Part I: Identity across space and time and the soul theory

  0h49m

• Exercise: According to physicalism, how is the concept of personal identity over time explained without relying on the existence of a soul?

• Video class: 11. Personal identity, Part II: The body theory and the personality theory

  0h50m

• Exercise: Which theory of personal identity suggests that the continuity of a person's physical form is the key to their identity?

• Video class: 12. Personal identity, Part III: Objections to the personality theory

  0h51m

• Exercise: What is the personality theory of personal identity primarily concerned with?

• Video class: 13. Personal identity, Part IV; What matters?

  0h48m

• Exercise: According to the discussion on personal identity, what is one major criticism against the personality theory when considering cases of duplication?

• Video class: 14. What matters (cont.); The nature of death, Part I

  0h47m

• Exercise: In the lecture on the philosophy of death, the distinction between mere survival and what truly matters for an individual was explored. According to the lecture, what might be a possible outcome in a situation where a person's soul continues to exist but undergoes complete irreversible amnesia?

• Video class: 15. The nature of death (cont.); Believing you will die

  0h44m

• Exercise: In the discussion of the philosophy of death, what does Professor Kagan suggest about the concept of 'P-functioning' in relation to being alive or dead?

• Video class: 16. Dying alone; The badness of death, Part I

  0h49m

• Exercise: According to the philosophical discussion of death, what argument is suggested to explain why many people spend most of their lives focused on material success rather than on relationships and personal fulfillment?

• Video class: 17. The badness of death, Part II: The deprivation account

  0h51m

• Exercise: According to the deprivation account of the badness of death discussed in the lecture, what is the primary reason why death is considered bad?

• Video class: 18. The badness of death, Part III; Immortality, Part I

  0h50m

• Exercise: According to the deprivation account of death, what is considered to be bad about death?

• Video class: 19. Immortality Part II; The value of life, Part I

  0h49m

• Exercise: What is the main argument against the desirability of immortality, as discussed in the text?

• Video class: 20. The value of life, Part II; Other bad aspects of death, Part I

  0h50m

• Exercise: What is the main philosophical issue discussed in the description related to the 'experience machine'?