Books in the Death & Anti-Death (Paperback) series

     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  14: Four Decades  After Michael Polanyi, Three  Centuries  After  G. W.  Leibniz is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-25-4 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-26-1 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 14, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of Michael Polanyi and of G. W. Leibniz. The chapters do not necessarily mention them (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. 1.------CHAPTER ONE The Philosophy Of Michael Polanyi And Some Contemporary Attitudes To Life And Death (by R. T. Allen) pages 25-42;  2.------CHAPTER TWO Leibniz, Infinity, And The Nature Of The Divine (by Robert Elliott Allinson) pages 43-56;  3.------CHAPTER THREE Religion’s Gestalt: Reflections On Michael Polanyi, Tacit Knowing And Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 57-86;  4.------CHAPTER FOUR Kant’s Theory Of Morality Necessitates Personal Immortality (by Franco Cortese) pages 87-94;  5.------CHAPTER FIVE Theism, Leibniz, And The Question Of Immortality (by Peter Loptson) pages 95-112;  6.------CHAPTER SIX Can The Best Possible World Contain Death? Leibniz To Parfit: Optimalism, Axiarchism, And Ananthropocentrism (by Tim Mulgan) pages 113-168;  7.------CHAPTER SEVEN G.W. Leibniz’s Anti-Death Perspective: Spontaneity Of Death And Absolute Immortality (by Enrico Pasini) pages 169-186;  8.------CHAPTER EIGHT Scientific Divinitism: A Proposed Immortalist-Transhumanist Life Stance (by R. Michael Perry) pages 187-214;  9.------CHAPTER NINE Transhumanist Leibniz: Immortality, God And Panpsychism In The Information Age (by Allan F. Randall) pages 215-242;  10.------CHAPTER TEN The “Death” Of Monads: G. W. Leibniz On Death And Anti-Death (by Markku Roinila) pages 243-266;  11.------CHAPTER ELEVEN Emancipating Forms Of Death With Polanyi And Leibniz (by Erik S. Roraback) pages 267-294;  12.------CHAPTER TWELVE Inspection Of The Cryonics Institute On January 25, 2016 (by Charles Tandy) pages 295-304;  13.------CHAPTER THIRTEEN An Open Letter To Physicians In Death-With-Dignity States (The Case Of A Terminally Ill Cryonicist) (by Charles Tandy) pages 305-312;  14.------CHAPTER FOURTEEN Leibniz’s Characteristica Universalis And Calculus Ratiocinator Today (by Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo) pages 313-332;  15.------CHAPTER FIFTEEN Analysis Of An Ontological Proof Proposed By Leibniz (by Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo et al.) pages 333-352.     ------The INDEX begins on page 353.

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 11: Ten Years After Donald Davidson (1917-2003) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-17-9 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-18-6 is the Paperback edition. Volume 11, as indicated by the anthology''s subtitle, is in honor of Donald Davidson (1917-2003). The chapters do not necessarily mention him (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. There are 12 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Do We Really Want Immortality? (by David Brin) pages 25-42; ------CHAPTER TWO The Importance Of Being Identical: On How Not To Derive A Contradiction Within A Metaphysical Theory (by Troy Catterson) 43-60; ------CHAPTER THREE In Saecula Saeculorum? Bioscience, Biotechnology And The Construct Of Death: A Neurobioethical View (by Christine Fitzpatrick and James Giordano) 61-80; ------CHAPTER FOUR Making Death Worth Its Cost: Prolegomena To Any Future Necronomics (by Steve Fuller) 81-92; ------CHAPTER FIVE On What Persists After Death (by Vladimir V. Kalugin) 93-104; ------CHAPTER SIX Extreme Lifespans Via Perpetual-Equalising Interventions: The ELPIs Hypothesis (by Marios Kyriazis) 105-124; ------CHAPTER SEVEN What Philosophy Ought To Be (by Nicholas Maxwell) 125-162; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Resurrecting The Dead Through Future Technology: Parallel Recreation As An Alternative To Quantum Archaeology (by R. Michael Perry) 163-172; ------CHAPTER NINE Supervenient Spirituality And The Meaning Of Life (by Gabriel Segal) 173-190; ------CHAPTER TEN What Might It Take To Get From Donald Davidson''s Mature Philosophical Position To Recognize The Possibility, And Even Plausibility, Of An Afterlife? (by Charles Taliaferro and Christophe Porot) 191-210; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN Roger Penrose, Rupert Sheldrake, And The Future Of Consciousness (by Charles Tandy) 211-228; ------CHAPTER TWELVE Rational Suicide And Global Suicide In The Amor Fati Of Modal Totality (by Sascha Vongehr) 229-268; ------The INDEX begins on page 269.

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 8: Fifty Years After Albert Camus (1913-1960) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-10-0 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-11-7 is the Paperback edition. Volume 8, as indicated by the anthology''s subtitle, is in honor of Albert Camus (1913-1960). The chapters do not necessarily mention him (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. (Volume 8 also includes a BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS section.) Volume 8 includes chapters by some of the worldΓÇÖs leading living thinkers and doers, including: ------Gregory M. Fahy (Founder of biological vitrification research for large-scale organ banking) ------J. R. Lucas (Inventor of a version of the G├╢delian Argument that minds are not mere machines) ------John Searle (Inventor of the Chinese Room Argument against Strong Artificial Intelligence). There are 18 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Homer, Heroes And Humanity: VicoΓÇÖs New Science On Death And Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 33-52; ------CHAPTER TWO Cryonics: A Scientific Challenge To Death (by Benjamin P. Best) pages 53-78; ------CHAPTER THREE Primary Institutions (by Thomas O. Buford) pages 79-90; ------CHAPTER FOUR Physical And Biological Aspects Of Renal Vitrification (by Gregory M. Fahy et al.) pages 91-120; ------CHAPTER FIVE Latest Advances In Antiaging Medicine (by Terry Grossman) pages 121-146; ------CHAPTER SIX The Will To Believe (by William James) pages 147-170; ------CHAPTER SEVEN Politics, Death, And CamusΓÇÖs Late Anarchic Style (by John Randolph LeBlanc) pages 171-198; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Can One Be Harmed Posthumously? (by Jack Lee) pages 199-210; ------CHAPTER NINE The G├╢delian Argument: Turn Over The Page (by J. R. Lucas) pages 211-224; ------CHAPTER TEN The Function Of Assisted Suicide In The System Of Human Rights (by Ludwig A. Minelli) pages 225-234; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN Death, Resurrection, And Immortality: Some Mathematical Preliminaries (by R. Michael Perry) pages 235-292; ------CHAPTER TWELVE The Chinese Room Argument (by John Searle) pages 293-302; ------CHAPTER THIRTEEN WhatΓÇÖs Best For Us (by Asher Seidel) pages 303-332; ------CHAPTER FOURTEEN Camus, Plague Literature, And The Apocalyptic Tradition (by David Simpson) pages 333-362; ------CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Absurd Walls Of Albert Camus (by Charles Taliaferro) pages 363-378; ------CHAPTER SIXTEEN Camusian Thoughts About The Ultimate Question Of Life (by Charles Tandy) pages 379-401; ------CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The UP-TO Project: How To Achieve World Peace, Freedom, And Prosperity (by Charles Tandy) pages 401-418); ------CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Life And Death, And The Identity Problem (by James Yount) pages 419-448. ------The INDEX begins on page 449.

"Death and Anti-Death" collects essays by professional philosophers and scholars on issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed.