Plato's Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul - Part 4

Explore a 50-minute lecture from Yale University's course on Death, focusing on Plato's arguments for the immortality of the soul. Delve into the "argument from simplicity," examining Plato's claims about the soul's simplicity, changelessness, and indestructibility. Analyze Plato's defense against the harmony analogy and investigate the "argument from essential properties." Consider Professor Kagan's perspective on the existence of souls and physicalism. Engage with key philosophical concepts such as essential and contingent properties while exploring fundamental questions about death and the nature of the soul.

- Chapter 1. Assumptions Made in the Argument from Simplicity.
- Chapter 2. Plato's Defense against the Harmony Analogy .
- Chapter 3. Essential and Contingent Properties and the Argument from Essential Properties .
- Chapter 4. Kagan: "There is No Good Reason to Believe in Souls" .
- Chapter 5. Qualifications and Conclusion .