Questions tagged [death]
Usually a physical death: permanent state after the end of life, where all vital functions stop. Sometimes in a different context, e.g. spiritual death
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Can we suffer without suffering harm?
It seems that suffering is the more general term, if only because any harm that someone undergoes is suffered by them. Is there anything that we suffer that is not a harm? I didn't win the sprint, and ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die? I am not asking for an absolute proof, just a reasonably convincing argument.
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Are some narratives worse than death?
Are some narratives worse than death? I'm not talking about psychological or physical suffering, but narratives (what actually happens, as we understand that, as humans) that are worse than it just ...
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Does Bloch want to "devour" the anti utopian nothing of death, and if so how?
Does Bloch want to "devour" the anti utopian nothing of death, and if so how?
images of hope against death are gathered, against this hardest
counterblow to utopia; death is therefore its ...
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Is there a name for the following transhumanist doctrine: "the most important thing to do with one's life is to try to avoid death"?
[Disclaimer: I don't have any formal training in philosophy and I'm just curious, so I hope this question is in scope.]
I'm interested in whether there is an established name for a simple (admittedly ...
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Are there any refutations to the Generic subjective continuity theory?
The Generic subjective continuity theory is a horrifying one, considering it would entail that we shall experience every concious experience including the worst of tortures ie, burning alive, etc. Are ...
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What can make death not a bad thing? [closed]
Other than survival, personal or otherwise, what would make death harmless? People talk about living happy and meaningful lives and not wasting the time they have, but is that all that can be said ...
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Do any philosophers talk about dying alone?
Do any philosophers talk about dying alone, what it means or even how do so well?
In the example, the dying person may have some people that could visit (it's not a sudden death), but chooses to ...
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“That melancholy convention cannot be persuasive.” What does this quote mean (from the Myth of Sisyphus)?
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I come at last to death and to the attitude we have toward it. On this point, everything has been said and it is only proper to avoid pathos. Yet one will never be ...
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Should we feel shame for living a meaningless life?
Should we feel shame for living a meaningless life? What if it's due not only to factors beyond our control but something like virtue?
I only ask because I'm worried I will never escape the cycle of ...
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Kant and "the causes of living"
Once upon a time, I was thinking about the argument for the justification of mass civilian killing that is read off a sense of collective responsibility in "evil nations," and wondered:
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What is the best metaphor for not being able to die?
There does seem something out of the ordinary, strange, about having thoughts and feelings, let alone mine. Allow me to say that my rarity makes me valuable.
So dark matter - which makes up 27% of the ...
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Can we specify something vague with a definite time?
Can we specify something vague, e.g. without a boundary, with a definite time?
I am more satisfied with the idea that I became bald sometime in my 20s, I guess, than I am with the claim that I will &...
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Does the focus on "humane" killing of animals distract from the real moral problem of killing?
"Humane" in respect to killing animals means to minimize the animal's pain as they die.
But this seems to completely sidestep the moral issue with killing, which has nothing to do with the ...
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Is life the root cause of all suffering?
According to Buddhism,
"There is suffering in this world; suffering has a cause; and the cause is desire."
So, the desire to stay alive, forces us to work which causes suffering in the form ...
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Is there an ethical basis for killing less intelligent animals (as food) but not killing animals of higher intelligence?
I'd like to know whether morally there would be a difference between killing/hunting animals of higher intellect (apart from humans) and animals generally regarded of lower intellect. If there is no ...
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Is Death a Feature or a Bug? [closed]
Ancient records show that humans have been preoccupied by Thanatos (death) - strong evidence of this is found in how religious we were/are (the majority subscribe to a few religions with promise of an ...
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In Book V, Proposition XXIII, Spinoza appears to argue that the human mind is partially eternal
In Book V, Proposition XXIII, Spinoza argues: "The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal."
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What does Luper mean with these lines about death?
"There is another consequence of the view that the evilness of death derives from the goodness of the life death takes from us: disquiet concerning death is the other face of love for life."
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If terminal, what can one do with their remaining life?
If one knows their remaining time on earth is relatively short, what can a person do if they wish to sacrifice themselves for a good cause? A few examples might be:
Burn down a known drug house
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is there a possibility that mind still exists after death?
The link between brain activity and qualia is unexplained. But most people think the former causes the latter.
What if its the other way, that our mind creates the external universe?
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If we assume there is something of my mental life after death, what means, without authority, do we have to decide what? [closed]
If we assume there is something of my mental life after death, what means, without authority, do we have to decide what? So, in effect, how do we decide about who's vision of an "afterlife" ...
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Do we have to know certain things in order to die authentically happily?
Do we have to know certain things in order to die authentically happily? I am especially interested in things we don't need to know know in order to live happily, but nevertheless we do to die happily....
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Our Soul after death
I'm new to philosophy and I have 2 questions:
Will our Soul leave this Universe after our body death ?
Is our body created before our Soul ?
What are the opinions on these 2 questions among current ...
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Did Heidegger claim that his "inauthenticity" was to some extent unavoidable for the individual?
Did Heidegger claim that his "inauthenticity" was to some extent unavoidable for the individual? I think I know that Sartre's bad faith was a necessary feature of overcoming it.
Is the ...
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Is Socrates' wisdom intrinsically valuable?
I don't mean specifically felicity etc. at philosophy, but whether a state of ambivalence toward death, while alive, can be intrinsically valuable because of some knowledge or wisdom that ambivalence ...
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Really confused regarding being reborn
I posted this the other day however, nobody has really explained. I want to dismiss the notion of a soul/spirit, and i believe when I die, my memories/personality/experiences will die with me.
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Irrational fear of reincarnation. Please help [closed]
I’ve been having these irrational thoughts regarding reincarnation. I’m worried that after death, I will be reborn as a prey animal, farm animal or a new human with a shitty existence. I would have no ...
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Heidegger's being-towards-death?
May I have misunderstood Heidegger philosophy, and I've melted up it with psycology, but isn't the being-towards-death, with the authentic Dasein, an anxious way of life?
I mean, in the moment in ...
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Does Buddhist anatta present additional problems with the "no harm" thesis about death?
Does Buddhist anatta present additional problems with the "no harm" thesis about death?
I think Buddhists would agree that death can be good (an escape from some hellish existence) or bad (...
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Nietzsche with Camus, on death
hateful to the fighter and the victor is your grinning death, which
creeps up like a thief-and yet comes as the master. My death I praise
to you, the free death which comes to me because I want it.
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Are there any philosophers associated with phenomenology and existentialism that argue that death should not matter to an individual?
I have mainly been focussing upon Heidegger in relation to death and the way in which he believes it is of great importance because in order to live authentically one must 'be-towards-death'. surley ...
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Do you know any gurus/saints/philosopher who talked about the idea of immortality/defying death?
I always hear about the principle of life and death. That death is necessary
to one's life. Not only to give your life meaning and balance but to also to give balance to mother nature. This is further ...
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What is the motivation of all individuals to stay alive?
What keeps an individual alive?
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There is nothing after death, only black. No heaven, no hell, no rebirth.
So we don't take anything with us after death and ...
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Infinite Sleep vs Death
I know a similar question has been adressed before but I feel it did not address my question.
When we sleep all our pain/ache on our body vanishes for some time span, you do not know what happened ...
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Does Heidegger, or any Heidegderian, say that my "ownmost" has Being?
Does Heidegger, or any Heidegderian, say that my "ownmost" has Being? Obviously, that term often means "death", and I'm guessing Heidegger says death has no Being. But perhaps he ...
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Is there a rational response to the idea that my death is the ultimate evil?
Is there a rational response to the idea that my death is the ultimate evil? I'm asking just because I can't think of useful response, assuming my death is necessary -- inescapable, and most ...
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Is murder wrong accross the board? If not, when?
Is it wrong to murder anything, in any circumstance?
If sometimes its justified, based on species, circumstance, self defense, ideology, when is it considered wrong?
What is the justification for ...
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What possible refutations are there for "we die every time we sleep"? [closed]
The proposition is as follows:
When I sleep, my consciousness dies. Next morning, another person's consciousness is born. He believes that he is me, but my consciousness is dead and never awake.
Are ...
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Is dying in a simulation ever sufficient for death, and if not does that make death inconceivable?
Is dying in a simulation -- any simulation at all -- ever physically sufficient to die at that instant outside it?
I mean a simulation like in the film the Matrix, or in a dream, one that kills your ...
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Why do atheist euthanasia proponents consider nothingness preferable to suffering? [closed]
I have heard some atheists support euthanasia, on the grounds that death is preferable to agony. But I don't understand this; if there is no afterlife, death isn't a relief. It's true nothingness, the ...
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Am I nothing more than my Dasein?
I believe Dasein is the Being of a human life, and that Dasein essentially has Being-in-the-world.
I think I've finally got a handle on how to compare philosophy "East" and "West" and just need to ...
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How do we determine the line of life that is acceptable and not acceptable to kill?
My question might be worded funny, but I don't know where to start. I'm looking for help. I understand each of the following situations should be approached individually, but I am more concerned about ...
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Fear of death is prior feature of human T or F
A group of people have the fear of death, another group of people do not, the group of people that do not have fear of death believe the consequence is to go to heaven. Part of the first group think ...
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Does anyone claim freedom toward death is not for me, but for others?
My "freedom toward death" (Being and Time, p255, SUNY Press, 1 Jan 1996) is key for authenticity, according to Heidegger.
It seems obvious that he means that this freedom is me, and that claim for be ...
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Is the event of death deterministic?
It's 5 months since I lost my dad in a factory accident. His manner of death is obviously the biggest tragedy of my life, but now when I contemplate about it, the Physics of the event seem so unlikely....
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Why should we fear death
Shelly Kagan argues that contra Lucretius, we should fear death, because death necessarily involves the loss of the good things we enjoyed in life. Is Kagan’s argument a strong one, do we have ...
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Can anyone do something to make their death less of a harm?
Can anyone do something before they die to make their death less of a harm? I'm guessing yes, unless death harms all people equally. But that seems strange.
Can we do so by doing good? By 'good' I ...
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Is there inherent selfishness within altruism? [closed]
Recently I have been noticing a theme on my social media. There is a post of someone passing away. Within that post the comment section is filled with comments such as:
"I lost my mother 4 years ago. ...
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Are Wittgenstein's propositions about death incompatible with momentariness?
Are Wittgenstein's propositions about death incompatible with momentariness?
I think mean that death, which is a cessation that is not lived through, cannot change life, and we are immortal outside ...
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