{"product_id":"9781405162036","title":"Immortality Defended","description":"\u003ch1\u003eImmortality Defended\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Metaphysics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMight we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, \u003ci\u003eImmortality Defended\u003c\/i\u003e suggests we could well be immortal in all of three separate ways.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles the fundamental questions posed by our very existence, among them, \"why does the cosmos exist?\", \"is there a divine mind or God?\", and \"in what sense might we have afterlives?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a belief in immortality, without the need for a religious affiliation or rejection of modern science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ideas of \"Einsteinian immortality\", the divine afterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from the work of a wide-range of philosophers, from ancient Greece to the present day, and incorporates up-to-date scientific findings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a thought-provoking and engaging manner, accessible to anyone intrigued by the wonder of our being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His publications include \u003ci\u003eValue and Existence\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eUniverses\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World: the Science and Ethics of Human Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eInfinite Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and the edited volume \u003ci\u003eModern Cosmology and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 May 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405162036\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380580642956,"sku":"9781405162036","price":86.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405162036_4df40637-cf75-49bd-80d9-dad791321979.jpg?v=1780104776","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405162036","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}