Philosophy 2715F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pineal Gland, Discrete Event Simulation, Putrefaction
18 Apr 2019
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They don"t respond, their heart isn"t beating, they aren"t breathing, they are a bad colour. However, technology has intervened in various ways, such as keeping someone breathing on a machine. Pojman discusses 4 possible ways of de ning death: loss of soul. This was the model historically for centuries descartes believed the soul resided in the pineal gland at the base of the brain that departed the body at death. Departure was signi ed by the cessation of breathing. Not a contemporary view, except for some religious groups: cardiopulmonary view. When the heart and lungs cease to function, the person is dead. Black"s law dictionary: the total stoppage of the circulation of the blood, and a cessation of the animal and vital functions consequent thereupon, such as respiration, pulsation etc . The cardiopulmonary view is not a continuous event instead, it is a discrete event that takes place at a particular time.
