BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T231418Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190905T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190906T130000 SUMMARY:Death and Immortality - 2019 Conference of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion UID:20240328T231418Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Lady Margaret Hall\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX2 6QA DESCRIPTION:
Online registration: \;http://www.thebspr.org/conferences/
\nThe unavoidability of death and the hope for immortality have been central concerns of many religious traditions around the world. Is it rational to fear death? Can we survive bodily death? Do faith and religious practice matter for grief and death? Is immortality desirable? Philosophers of religion have addressed these questions for centuries.
\nPhilosophical issues concerning death and immortality have attracted much attention in recent years particularly in light of medical\, scientific and technological progress. Advancements in medicine have prolonged human longevity significantly and developments in genetics and information science have prompted us to explore new forms of immortality. It seems timely to re-examine the fundamental philosophical and theological questions with fresh eyes.
\nThis conference will include papers taking a philosophical approach to all aspects of death and immortality\, including secular and diverse religious perspectives. It will include papers by scholars working in philosophical fields such as philosophy of religion\, ethics\, metaphysics and the philosophy of mind\, and other disciplines with philosophical import such as anthropology\, psychology\, literature\, cognitive science and medicine.
ORGANIZER;CN=T. Ryan Byerly;CN=Yujin Nagasawa;CN=Anastasia Scrutton: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR