Charles Tandy

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 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. Volume 13, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of Albert Einstein . The chapters do not necessarily mention him . The chapters 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 pages 25-42;

The purpose of the study is to describe Kenneth Boulding's general social philosophy; report Boulding's thoughts about learning and education; locate, assemble, and articulate existing discourse-units critical of Boulding; summarize and evaluate the specifically education-related criticisms of Boulding; and, rationally reconstruct Boulding's philosophy so as to engender or identify some of its education-related implications. The dissertation consists of five chapters . Chapter 1 introduces and outlines the investigation. Chapter 2 describes Boulding's general social philosophy, based on his Ecodynamics. Chapter 3 presents Boulding's thoughts about learning and education, based on The Image and his Collected Papers. Chapter 4 locates, assembles, and articulates existing criticisms of Boulding. Chapter 5 summarizes and evaluates the specifically education-related criticisms of Boulding; then Boulding's philosophy is rationally reconstructed so as to engender or identify some of its education-related implications, by asking the following leading question: "What would the structure of 'Boulding University' look like, and what is its mission for world leadership?" ;The dissertation locates, assembles, and articulates 137 discourse-units critical of Boulding; summarizes and evaluates 36 education-related criticisms of Boulding; and, articulates the implications of Boulding's philosophy for the structure, mission, and curriculum of a twenty-first century university. It is concluded that Boulding's core curriculum would teach how to learn as an ongoing lifelong process; and, how to think globally as a context for the advancement of moral identity

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 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. The chapters do not necessarily mention him. The chapters 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 ans section that serves as an extended table of contents. There are 12 chapters, as follows: ------CHAPTER ONE Do We Really Want Immortality? pages 25-42; ------CHAPTER TWO The Importance Of Being Identical: On How Not To Derive A Contradiction Within A Metaphysical Theory 43-60; ------CHAPTER THREE In Saecula Saeculorum? Bioscience, Biotechnology And The Construct Of Death: A Neurobioethical View 61-80; ------CHAPTER FOUR Making Death Worth Its Cost: Prolegomena To Any Future Necronomics 81-92; ------CHAPTER FIVE On What Persists After Death 93-104; ------CHAPTER SIX Extreme Lifespans Via Perpetual-Equalising Interventions: The ELPIs Hypothesis 105-124; ------CHAPTER SEVEN What Philosophy Ought To Be 125-162; ------CHAPTER EIGHT Resurrecting The Dead Through Future Technology: Parallel Recreation As An Alternative To Quantum Archaeology 163-172; ------CHAPTER NINE Supervenient Spirituality And The Meaning Of Life 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? 191-210; ------CHAPTER ELEVEN Roger Penrose, Rupert Sheldrake, And The Future Of Consciousness 211-228; ------CHAPTER TWELVE Rational Suicide And Global Suicide In The Amor Fati Of Modal Totality 229-268; ------The INDEX begins on page 269.

Volume Four, as indicated by the anthology's subtitle, is in honor of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). The chapters do not necessarily mention Simone de Beauvoir or Martin Heidegger. The 16 chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death. Most of the 400-plus pages consist of scholarship unique to this volume. Includes index. The titles of the 16 chapters are as follows: 1. Mechanism, Galileo’s Animale And Heidegger’s Gestell: Reflections On The Lifelessness Of Modern Science by GiorgioBaruchello 2. Simone De Beauvoir by Debra Bergoffen 3. Existentialism by Steven Crowell 4. Time Wounds All Heels by William Grey 5. The Ethical Importance Of Death by Jenann Ismael 6. The Poetics Of Death: Intimations And Illusions by Lawrence Kimmel 7. Death And Aesthetics by Keith Lehrer 8. Ageing And Existentialism: Simone De Beauvoir And The Limits Of Freedom by Shannon M. Mussett 9. Life Extension And Meaning by Carol O’Brien 10. Consciousness As Computation: A Defense Of Strong AI Based On Quantum-State Functionalism by R. Michael Perry 11. Reality Shifts: On The Death And Dying Of Dr. Timothy Leary by Carol Sue Rosin 12. Extraterrestrial Liberty And The Great Transmutation by Charles Tandy 13. A Time Travel Schema And Eight Types Of Time Travel by Charles Tandy 14. Boredom, Experimental Ethics, And Superlongevity by Mark Walker 15. Exopolitics: The Death Of Death by Alfred Lambremont Webre 16. Embryo Cloning: Current State Of The Medical Art And Its Far-Reaching Consequences For Multiple Applications by Panayiotis M.Zavos

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.