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Oct 26, 2007 · According to the organismic definition, death is the irreversible loss of functioning of the organism as a whole (Becker 1975; Bernat, Culver, and Gert 1981). Proponents of this approach emphasize that death is a biological occurrence common to all organisms.
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Biological Death. The commonplace notion of death is to characterise it as an end state: being dead. Nevertheless being dead is not the same as the event of death or the dying process ( Scarre 2007, p. 5). Biological death can be understood as: A final event. An absolute state (being dead). Part of the dying process.
- Floris Tomasini
- 10.1057/978-1-137-53828-4_2
- 2017
- 2017/02
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary for instance defines death both as “dying” (a process) and as “being dead” (a state). Expressions such as “a painful death” and “a lingering death” show how often the word is used in the former sense. Many people are afraid of dying yet can face the prospect of being dead with equanimity.
May 3, 2023 · Death is considered a biological occurrence not unique to humans, and other higher animals would be considered dead according to the same definition. As a biological phenomenon, death should apply equally to related species. When we talk of the death of a man we mean the same thing as we do when we talk of the death of a dog or a cat. (1981, 389)
Nov 1, 2005 · Brain death means human death determined by neurological criteria. It is an unfortunate term, as it misleadingly suggests that there are two types of death: 'brain' death and 'regular' death 4 ...
- Steven Laureys
- 2005
Oct 21, 2021 · Even now, we struggle with what death is. This chapter will focus on the biological definition of death. Biologists can live comfortably with an understanding of what life and death are, but for some situations a more precise definition is mandatory. That need manifests itself legally at the extremes of life: the beginning and the end.
Jun 17, 2023 · In this paper, I focus both on whether death should be identified as an irreversible state and on the proper scope of irreversibility in the biological definition of death. In this paper, I tackle the distinction between the commonsense definition of death and the biological definition of death to show that even the commonsense concept of death ...
