Philosophical foundations of gerontology / [electronic resource] / Patrick L. McKee, editor.. — New York, NY : : Human Sciences Press,, c1982.. — x, 352 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Philosophies of aging -- Part II. Ethical aspects of aging -- Part III. Epistemological aspects of aging -- Part IV. Gerontology and philosophy of science -- : On the types of human character / : The vedic ideal : laws of Manu / : On old age / : On age / : The myth of the cave / : Death and aging in technopolis : toward a role definition of wisdom / : On growing old gracefully / : The book of filial piety / : The ethics of providing for the economic well-being of the aging / : Etension of the life span : a national goal? / : Extension of the active life : ethical issues / : Socrates and Cephalus / : The ages of life / : The life review : an interpretation of reminiscence in the aged / : Aging, catastrophe, and moral reasoning / : Toward a stage theory of adult cognitive development / : The coming of age / : The phenomenological approach to images of aging / : Age changes and age differences / : Two theories of aging / Aristotle -- Manu -- Cicero -- Montaigne -- Plato -- Edmund Byrne -- Lin Yutang -- Confucius -- B.J. Diggs -- James L. Goddard -- James M. Gustafson -- Plato -- Arthur Schopenhauer -- Robert N. Butler -- James B. Orr -- K. Warner Schaie -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Michel Philibert -- K. Warner Schaie -- Elaine Cumming and William Henry.