The Salon: Shelly Kagan discusses the importance of philosophy 

He is from Skokie like me, that makes him even more awesome.

I think you may be misremembering his position. He does, in fact, argue that death is bad for us. Indeed, he argues that it is bad for us because it deprives us of the good things in life that we would’ve gotten had we not died when we did. So his explanation for why death is a bad thing is somewhat similar to yours. Except, he would claim that even if we didn’t live with anxiety and discomfort at the IDEA of deprivation, death would still be a bad thing.

Not true at all. Science presupposes logical (philosophical) and mathematical truths, so to argue for these things using science would be arguing in a circle. Science is a wonderful tool, but it can’t answer everything. That’s why we have philosophy.

@@mmaphilosophytheologyscien4578 And let me add this: even if we assume that there is nothing problematic about logic and mathematics (so far they have proven themselves kind of perfect and immutable, so it's probably the safest assumption humans have ever made), many philosophical questions still cannot be answered by science. There are people, like the physicist Lawrence Krauss, who claim that science can give answers to ethical questions by measuring states of affairs, variables and outcomes and mathematically deciding which one is the best one. But what does „the best one” mean? How does one quantify, measure and order values and goals without already presupposing some general, absolute criterion that is agreed upon by all humans? What if I simply don't agree with your criterion? Claiming that science can answer philosophical questions is pure Scientism, which, ironically, is a dogmatic, heavily metaphysical view. Science is just a tool. Don't get me wrong, it's an amazing and incredibly powerful tool that has helped us a lot with understanding the world. But it is just a tool, meaning that it only answers the questions that we decide to make it answer, and it only makes sense when contextualised, interpreted and given meaning. Otherwise, its ”answers” are just some numbers, abstract and sterile.

Are you still a teenager?