Books in the Death and Anti-Death Series (RIA University Press) series

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 15 : Ten Years After Washoe (1965-2007) (Available in HARDBACK and in SOFTBACK)(Available from most retail bookstores and all Espresso Book Machines)(Distributed by Ingram: Ingram is the world's largest book distribution network)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press discusses issues and controversies related to death, life extension, and anti-death. A variety of differing points of view are presented and argued. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 15: Ten Years After Washoe (1965-2007) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-27-8 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-28-5 is the Softback edition. (It is available from most retail bookstores and all Espresso Book Machines.) (It is distributed by Ingram: Ingram is the world's largest book distribution network.)Volume 15 − note the anthology's subtitle − is in honor of Washoe (1965-2007) and other nonhuman animals. The chapters do not necessarily mention nonhuman creatures (but some chapters do). The chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) 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 Index as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. (Total of 330 pages.) 1.------CHAPTER ONE: Violence And Tranquillity: Adam Smith On Death And Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 21-58;2.------CHAPTER TWO: The Provocative Elitism Of "Personhood" For Nonhuman Creatures In Animal Advocacy Parlance And Polemics (by Karen Davis) pages 59-74;3.------CHAPTER THREE: Could Cryonics Be For You? The Evolution Of Possible Time Travel Through Biostasis (by Rudi Hoffman) pages 75-102; 4.------CHAPTER FOUR: Philosophical Foundations Of The Death And Anti-Death Discussion (by Jeremy Horne) pages 103-178;5.------CHAPTER FIVE: Washoe The Chimpanzee And The Problem Of Consciousness (by James A. Marcum) pages 179-196;6.------CHAPTER SIX: Nature (by John Stuart Mill) pages 197-234;7.------CHAPTER SEVEN: Human Embryos, Personhood And Death: A Critical Study Of Robert P. George And Christopher Tollefsen, Embryo: A Defense Of Human Life (by Nathan Nobis) pages 235-250;8.------CHAPTER EIGHT: The Pauline Discourse On Love: A Divinitist Commentary (by R. Michael Perry) pages 251-264; 9.------CHAPTER NINE: New Advances In Organ Cryopreservation: Electromagnetic Rewarming And Selective Targeting Of Ice Nuclei (by Ramon Risco, Alberto Olmo, and Pablo Barroso) pages 265-282; 10.------CHAPTER TEN: Is It Feasible To Extend Health And Wealth To Everyone? (by Charles Tandy) pages 283-326; ------The INDEX: pages 327-330.

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 15 : Ten Years After Washoe (1965-2007) (Available in HARDBACK and in SOFTBACK)(Available from most retail bookstores and all Espresso Book Machines)(Distributed by Ingram: Ingram is the world's largest book distribution network)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press discusses issues and controversies related to death, life extension, and anti-death. A variety of differing points of view are presented and argued. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 15: Ten Years After Washoe (1965-2007) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-27-8 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-28-5 is the Softback edition. (It is available from most retail bookstores and all Espresso Book Machines.) (It is distributed by Ingram: Ingram is the world's largest book distribution network.)Volume 15 − note the anthology's subtitle − is in honor of Washoe (1965-2007) and other nonhuman animals. The chapters do not necessarily mention nonhuman creatures (but some chapters do). The chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) 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 Index as well as an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. (Total of 330 pages.) 1.------CHAPTER ONE: Violence And Tranquillity: Adam Smith On Death And Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 21-58;2.------CHAPTER TWO: The Provocative Elitism Of "Personhood" For Nonhuman Creatures In Animal Advocacy Parlance And Polemics (by Karen Davis) pages 59-74;3.------CHAPTER THREE: Could Cryonics Be For You? The Evolution Of Possible Time Travel Through Biostasis (by Rudi Hoffman) pages 75-102; 4.------CHAPTER FOUR: Philosophical Foundations Of The Death And Anti-Death Discussion (by Jeremy Horne) pages 103-178;5.------CHAPTER FIVE: Washoe The Chimpanzee And The Problem Of Consciousness (by James A. Marcum) pages 179-196;6.------CHAPTER SIX: Nature (by John Stuart Mill) pages 197-234;7.------CHAPTER SEVEN: Human Embryos, Personhood And Death: A Critical Study Of Robert P. George And Christopher Tollefsen, Embryo: A Defense Of Human Life (by Nathan Nobis) pages 235-250;8.------CHAPTER EIGHT: The Pauline Discourse On Love: A Divinitist Commentary (by R. Michael Perry) pages 251-264; 9.------CHAPTER NINE: New Advances In Organ Cryopreservation: Electromagnetic Rewarming And Selective Targeting Of Ice Nuclei (by Ramon Risco, Alberto Olmo, and Pablo Barroso) pages 265-282; 10.------CHAPTER TEN: Is It Feasible To Extend Health And Wealth To Everyone? (by Charles Tandy) pages 283-326; ------The INDEX: pages 327-330.