{"product_id":"immortality-defended-9781405162036","title":"Immortality Defended","description":"Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, \u003ci\u003eImmortality Defended\u003c\/i\u003e suggests we could well be immortal in all of three separate ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTackles the fundamental questions posed by our very existence, among them, \"why does the cosmos exist?\", \"is there a divine mind or God?\", and \"in what sense might we have afterlives?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a belief in immortality, without the need for a religious affiliation or rejection of modern science\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ideas of \"Einsteinian immortality\", the divine afterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from the work of a wide-range of philosophers, from ancient Greece to the present day, and incorporates up-to-date scientific findings\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a thought-provoking and engaging manner, accessible to anyone intrigued by the wonder of our being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His publications include \u003ci\u003eValue and Existence\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eUniverses\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World: the Science and Ethics of Human Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eInfinite Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and the edited volume \u003ci\u003eModern Cosmology and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50849773289746,"sku":"9781405162036","price":83.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11743080-399d-4381-9146-8295b6c24089.jpg?v=1737401864","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/immortality-defended-9781405162036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}