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Volume 16 is in honor of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1797-1851). The chapters do not necessarily mention Frankenstein or Mary Shelley (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.

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.

     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  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 Prospect of Immortality - Fifty Years Later is "the definitive anthology in cryonics, full stop." (Dr. Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK). "Cryonics is an experiment. So far the control group isn't doing very well." (Dr. Ralph Merkle, inventor of public key cryptography). The Prospect of Immortality - Fifty Years Later is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D. (ISBN 978-1-934297-21-6 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-22-3 is the Paperback edition.) ................... This 534-paged anthology is a fifty year celebration and update of Robert Ettinger's 1964 cryonics classic, The Prospect of Immortality. The Prospect of Immortality was published by Doubleday in 1964 after being vetted as scientifically plausible by none other than the famous pseudoscience debunker, Isaac Asimov. Its author, Robert Ettinger, became known rather quickly as the father of cryonics. Ettinger himself has now been in cryonic hibernation since 2011. The first cryonaut, James Bedford, has been in cryonic hibernation since 1967. Hopefully at some point in time, it will become feasible to place (future) cryonauts in (perfected long-term) suspended animation instead of in cryonic hibernation. ................... Healthspan extension and enhancement (immortality as prolongevity) is the goal of cryonics. Cryonics is a biomedical experiment in long-term suspended animation or practical time travel. It is based on our present state of knowledge of existing technology and on our present state of knowledge of future technology. Accordingly, "unbelievable" (i.e., amazing) experimental results (prolongevity) should not prove surprising. Biomedically, this is a case where the experimental group has much to recommend it over the control (burial/cremation) group. ................... The present update, after fifty years, includes seven parts (topics) totalling 18 chapters: ..... (Part One: Cryonics And Death) ..... 1. Redefining Death Amid Biomedical Advance (by Charles Tandy) ..... (Part Two: Cryonics And Science) ..... 2. Scientific Justification Of Cryonics Practice (by Benjamin P. Best) ..... 3. Temperature Effects On Medical Nanorobots (by Robert A. Freitas Jr.) ..... 4. The Technology Of Revival, Repair, And Rejuvenation (by York W. Porter) ..... (Part Three: Cryonics And Religion) ..... 5. Buddhism And Cryonics (by D. J. MacLennan) ..... 6. Christianity And Cryonics (by John Warwick Montgomery) ..... (Part Four: Cryonics And The Law) ..... 7. Cryonics Law In The Service Of Cryonics Care: The Swiss Option (by F. A. B. Cortese) ..... 8. How To Protect Your Cryonics Arrangements From Interference By Third Parties (by Rebecca Lively) ..... 9. Legal Issues With Cryonic Suspension (by John Warwick Montgomery) ..... (Part Five: Cryonics And Economics) ..... 10. How Has The Cryonics Institute Weathered The Economic Ups And Downs Since Its Inception? (by Patrick A. Heller) ..... 11. The Economics Of Immortality Revisited (by Rudi Hoffman) ..... 12. Long-Term Survival Of The Alcor Life Extension Foundation (by Max More) ..... 13. Ettinger's Void (by David Pascal) ..... 14. How Has The American Cryonics Society Weathered The Economic Ups And Downs Since Its Inception? (by James R. Yount) ..... (Part Six: Cryonics And Personal Identity) ..... 15. The Wonder Of Indeterminacy (by D. J. MacLennan) ..... 16. The Self Persistent: Rethinking Ettinger's Position On The Problem Of Identity (by R. Michael Perry) ..... 17. Non-Cruciality Of Personal Identity: Immortality As Possibility (by Melanie Swan) ..... (Part Seven: Cryonics And Future Society) ..... 18. There's No Place Like "Fhome" - A Personal View Of Our Future-Home: The Pilgrim's Progress (by Charles Tandy) ................... The editor's postscript, entitled How Presentday Ethics And Laws May Be Used To Support Your Right To Cryonic Hibernation, begins on page 491. The INDEX begins on page 507. On page 519, there begins an Addendum: Scientists' Open Letter On Cryonics

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.

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.

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 13: Sixty Years After Albert Einstein (1879-1955) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-23-0 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-24-7 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 13, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of Albert Einstein (1879-1955). 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 14 chapters, as follows: 1.------CHAPTER ONE On Einstein's Socialism (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 25-42;

THE REVISED ANNOTATION for 978-1-934297-10-0 and for 978-1-934297-11-7 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, 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, Volume 10: Ten Years After John Rawls (1921-2002) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D. and Jack Lee, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-15-5 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-16-2 is the Paperback edition. Volume 10, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of John Rawls (1921-2002). 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 11 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Autonomy, Contingency, And Mysticism: Three Critical Remarks On Cornelius Castoriadis' Understanding Of Human Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 21-30; ------CHAPTER TWO Heidegger And Daoism On Mortality (by Wing-cheuk Chan) pages 31-54; ------CHAPTER THREE Autonomy In Moral And Political Philosophy (by John Christman) pages 55-94; ------CHAPTER FOUR A Fortunate Academic Life (by William Grey) pages 95-100; ------CHAPTER FIVE Who Is The Subject Of The Evil Of Death? (by Jack Lee) pages 101-114; ------CHAPTER SIX Is Death Necessarily Harmful? Some Reflections From A Daoist Perspective (by Shui-Chuen Lee) pages 115-130; ------CHAPTER SEVEN Our Global Problems And What We Need To Do About Them (by Nicholas Maxwell) pages 131-174; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Optimizing One's Immortality: Biostasis And The Philosophy Of Universal Immortalism (by R. Michael Perry) pages 175-212; ------CHAPTER NINE A Brief Inquiry Into Rawls' Religion: Providence, Individuals, And Redemption (by Charles Taliaferro) pages 213-224; ------CHAPTER TEN John Rawls, Albert Camus, And Our Common Task Of Intergenerational Justice (by Charles Tandy) pages 225-254; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN John Rawls (by Leif Wenar) pages 255-300; ------The INDEX begins on page 301.

SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE is a scholarly anthology edited by Jack Lee, Ph.D. (ISBN-13: 978-0-9743472-1-9). HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE ANTHOLOGY (WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR, DR. JACK LEE): Some scholars suggest we should live a sustainable life. But what is "sustainability"? We need to think about sustainability deeply and broadly. In this anthology, I provide a forum for doing this. Philosophy (e.g., ontology and ethics) is very important. We also need to bring together natural sciences, education, sociology, law and other disciplines. Environmental issues command a multi-disciplinary approach. I am especially proud to include an environmental philosophy paper written by the brilliant young Taiwanese mountaineer Allen Yu before he died, of pollution-related leukemia. I hope this anthology can help us to re-think our engagement with the natural world. HERE IS AN ABSTRACT OF THE BOOK: Today we face serious environmental problems which force us to re-examine our way of life. The consensus scholarly response is to urge humanity to live sustainable lives. This suggestion is appealing as a slogan but resides in academic consciousness largely unexamined as a concept. This anthology gathers philosophers and ethicists together with experts and practitioners from many other disciplines and backgrounds to examine the question: what is sustainability? KEYWORDS: sustainability, intrinsic value, ecosystem, animal, human species, Confucianism, environment, obligations to the future, anthropocentrism, global warming. HERE IS THE BOOK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS: ---Preface (page ix); ---Contributors (page xi); ---1. Metaphysics of Sustainability: Kant's Categorical Imperative (by Martin Schönfeld) (page 1); ---2. Sustainability: A Personal Account (by J. Baird Callicott) (page 19); ---3. Intrinsic Value and Respect for the Natural Environment (by Jack Lee) (page 35); ---4. The Land Ethic and Gleason's Individualistic Concept of Plant Association (by Allen Yu) (page 51); ---5. Environmental Ethics and Bioethics: Anthropocentrism, Ideological Convergence, and Socio-Political Disposition (by Edmund U. H. Sim) (page 77); ---6. Sustainable Development vs. Sustainable Biosphere (by Holmes Rolston, III) (page 91); ---7. The Possibility of a Global Environmental Ethics: A Confucian Proposal (by Shui Chuen Lee) (page 103); ---8. Confucian Filial Piety and Environmental Sustainability (by A. T. Nuyen) (page 119); ---9. Toward An Ethical Climate Regime (by Po-Keung Ip) (page 137); ---10. Climate Change and Obligations to the Future (by William Grey) (page 157); ---11. Environmental Ethics in an Omniverse Environment: From Terrestrial Chauvinism to Golden Rule (by Charles Tandy) (page 171); ---12. The Non-human Natural World, Indigenous Peoples, and Late-modern Capitalism (by 康柏 Mac Kang Bai (Campbell)) (page 217); ---13. Indigenous People's Hunting Issues and Environmental Ethics: A Contextual Observation in Taiwan (by Yih-Ren Lin) (page 255); ---14. Taiwan's Reform of Energy Law and Policy for Mitigation of Climate Change (by Jui-Chu Lin, Tsung-Tang Lee) (page 295); ---15. How Students Conceptualize the Environment: Implications for Science and Environmental Education (by Shiang-Yao Liu) (page 313).

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 9: One Hundred Years After Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-13-1 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-14-8 is the Paperback edition. Volume 9, as indicated by the anthology''s subtitle, is in honor of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911). 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 9 also includes a BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS section.) Volume 9 includes chapters by some of the world''s leading living thinkers and doers. There are 13 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Contingency, Autonomy And Inanity: Cornelius Castoriadis On Human Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello) pages 27-54; ------CHAPTER TWO Cryonics: Introduction And Technical Challenges (by Ben Best) pages 55-74; ------CHAPTER THREE Technological Revolutions: Ethics And Policy In The Dark (by Nick Bostrom) pages 75-108; ------CHAPTER FOUR Is Personalism Dead At Boston University? (by Thomas O. Buford) pages 109-136; ------CHAPTER FIVE Practical Lessons In Preparing For Cryonic Suspension: The Example Of Robert Ettinger, Patient 106 (by David Ettinger and Connie Ettinger) pages 137-146; ------CHAPTER SIX Bad Metaphysics Does Not Make For Good Science (by Gary L. Herstein) pages 147-164; ------CHAPTER SEVEN Open Theism (by J. R. Lucas) pages 165-174; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Fostering Death In A Culture Of Life: The Ambiguous Legacy Of The Marketing Of Cryonics (by David Pascal) pages 175-198; ------CHAPTER NINE Agony As Entrancement: Dying Out Of Too Much Life: Emil Cioran And The Metaphysical Experience Of Death (by Horia Patrascu) pages 199-226; ------CHAPTER TEN Options For Proactive Cryopreservation (by R. Michael Perry) pages 227-236; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN The Many Worlds Of Dilthey: A Modest Defense Of The Irreducibility Of Meaning (by Charles Taliaferro) pages 237-248; ------CHAPTER TWELVE John Rawls And The Death Of Scarcity: A "Force Of Nature" Original Position (by Charles Tandy) pages 249-280; ------CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Convergence Of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology And Information Technology - The Potential Unlimited Renewable Resource Generation For The Extension Of Sustainability (by Sinclair T. Wang) pages 281-328. ------The INDEX begins on page 329.

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

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm (1033-1109) is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-05-6 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-07-0 is the Paperback edition. Volume 7, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of St. Anselm (1033-1109). 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 7 also has a BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS section.) Volume 7 includes chapters by some of the world's leading living thinkers, including: -----Philosopher of in vitro meat - Brian J. Ford; -----Medievalist philosopher - Jasper Hopkins; -----Today's "Thomas Edison" - Ray Kurzweil; -----Oxford University Metaphysician - J. R. Lucas; -----Ontological argument experts - Graham Oppy ("Nay") and Charles Taliaferro ("Yea"). There are 16 chapters, as follows: -----CHAPTER ONE Life And Death Economics Revisited: Reflections On The Economic Crisis One Year On (by Giorgio Baruchello and Valerio Lintner) pages 35-54; -----CHAPTER TWO Culturing Meat For The Future: Anti-Death Versus Anti-Life (by Brian J. Ford) pages 55-80; -----CHAPTER THREE Contrasting Conceptions Of Mors Beata: Saint Augustine And Albert Camus (by Jasper Hopkins) pages 81-100; -----CHAPTER FOUR Hormones Of Youth (by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman) pages 101-156; -----CHAPTER FIVE Prenatal Nonexistence (by Jack Lee) pages 157-168; -----CHAPTER SIX The Search For The Ultimate (by J. R. Lucas) pages 169-210; -----CHAPTER SEVEN The Urgent Need For An Academic Revolution: The Rational Pursuit Of Wisdom (by Nicholas Maxwell) pages 211-238; -----CHAPTER EIGHT Limitless Life: The Psychology Of Forever (by Max More) pages 239-274; -----CHAPTER NINE Anselm's First Argument (by Graham Oppy) pages 275-296; -----CHAPTER TEN God Versus The Multiverse: An Ontological Argument Against The Existence Of A Supreme Being, With A Hopeful Alternative (by R. Michael Perry) pages 297-312; -----CHAPTER ELEVEN Living Towards Eternal Life: Saint Anselm's Christian Anthropology (by Gregory B. Sadler) pages 313-346; -----CHAPTER TWELVE The Anselmian Ontological Argument As The Ultimate Anti-Death Argument: Suggestions On How To Reason From Possible Divine Perfection To Actual Divine Perfection (by Charles Taliaferro) pages 347-372; -----CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Breadth Of Theism Defense: Redemption And The Problem Of Evil (by Charles Taliaferro and Jacob Zillhardt) pages 373-392; -----CHAPTER FOURTEEN Personal, Temporal, And Paragonal Aspects Of The Omniverse (by Charles Tandy) pages 393-450; -----CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Philosopher Looks At Posthumanity: Inconclusive Conclusions? (by Charles Tandy) pages 451-468; -----CHAPTER SIXTEEN O'Neill-Type Space Habitats And The Industrial Conquest Of Space (by P. Ulmschneider) pages 469-494. -----The INDEX begins on page 495.