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A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality

Perry's excellent dialogue makes a complicated topic stimulating and accessible without any sacrifice of scholarly accuracy or thoroughness. Professionals will appreciate the work's command of the issues and depth of argument, while students will find that it excites interest and imagination. —David M. Rosenthal, CUNY, Lehman College

Setting
1970scollege
Audience
adult
Length
short · 49 pages

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