What kind of event is death?

Questions about the nature of death.
What happens when we die?
Indeed, to get at that question, the first thing we’re going to have to think about is what are we? What kind of an entity is a person?
In particular, do we have souls – I’m going to mean is sort of a bit of philosophical jargon. I’m going to mean something immaterial, something distinct from our bodies.
Do we have immaterial souls, something that might survive the death of our body?
And if not, what does that imply about the nature of death? What kind of an event is death? What is it for me to survive?
What would it mean for me to survive my death?
What does it mean for me to survive tonight?
That is, you know, somebody’s going to be here next week, presumably that will be me. What is it for that person who’s there on next week to be the same person as the person who’s sitting here today?
These are questions about the nature of personal identity.
Pretty clearly, to think about death and continued existence and survival, we have to get clear about the nature of personal identity.

Introduction de Shelly Kagan. Philosophy Of Life And Death. Yale. (CC)

La photo est signée Peggy Schillemans