Abstract

This anthology of 16 chapters is VOLUME 4 of the DEATH AND ANTI-DEATH series by Ria University Press. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. Includes index. Although published in honor of Simone de Beauvoir and Martin Heidegger, the chapters do NOT necessarily mention Simone de Beauvoir or Martin Heidegger. The 16 chapters ARE directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death - as follows: 1. Mechanism, Galileo's Animale And Heidegger's Gestell: Reflections On The Lifelessness Of Modern Science ; 2. Simone De Beauvoir ; 3. Existentialism ; 4. Time Wounds All Heels ; 5. The Ethical Importance Of Death ; 6. The Poetics Of Death: Intimations And Illusions ; 7. Death And Aesthetics ; 8. Ageing And Existentialism: Simone De Beauvoir And The Limits Of Freedom ; 9. Life Extension And Meaning ; 10. Consciousness As Computation: A Defense Of Strong AI Based On Quantum-State Functionalism ; 11. Reality Shifts: On The Death And Dying Of Dr. Timothy Leary ; 12. Extraterrestrial Liberty And The Great Transmutation ; 13. A Time Travel Schema And Eight Types Of Time Travel ; 14. Boredom, Experimental Ethics, And Superlongevity ; 15. Exopolitics: The Death Of Death ; 16. Embryo Cloning: Current State Of The Medical Art And Its Far-Reaching Consequences ForMultiple Applications.